Florence Rita Arrey

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Florence Rita Arrey
Born (1948-05-18) May 18, 1948 (age 75)
Cameroon
NationalityCameroonian
Alma materUniversity of Lagos, Nigeria
University of London
OccupationJudge
Years active45 years
Known forFirst female Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals in Cameroon

Florence Rita Arrey (born 1948) is a Cameroonian judge who was the first female Chief Justice of the Court of the Appeal. [1] [ which? ] She has served on the Supreme Court of Cameroon, and is a Vice President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In 2014, she was appointed Director of Judicial Professions in the Cameroonian Ministry of Justice.

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Early life and education

Arrey was born in Cameroon on 18 May 1948. [2] [3] She studied law at the University of Lagos, Nigeria and has a Diploma in Legal Drafting and a Certificate in International Law from the University of London. [4]

Career

Arrey was the first woman to be appointed State Counsel in Cameroon in 1974. [4] [5] She was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 1984 and in 1990 became the first woman appointed Chief Justice. [4] In 2000, she was appointed to the Supreme Court of Cameroon. [4]

Arrey was elected an ad litem Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003. [4] [5] In 2012, she was elected Vice President of the ICTR and Judge of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals. [4] [6]

In 2014, Arrey was appointed Director of Judicial Professions in the Ministry of Justice Cameroon. [4] [7] She is President and founder of the Cameroon Association of Women Judges and Vice President of the International Association of Women Judges. [4]

On International Women's Day in 2011, Arrey was named one of Cameroon's 50 most influential women. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Constitutional Council: A woman of substance buried in the eleven-man Council". Cameroon Radio Television (in French). 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  2. ↑ "Hon. Florence Rita Arrey". International Association of Women Judges. Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  3. ↑ Who's Who in Public International Law. doi:10.1163/1570-6664_wwpil_wwpil_SIM_person_40714.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Judge Florence Rita Arrey". United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals.
  5. 1 2 Nkematabong, Martin (20 August 2003). "Cameroonian Judge Elected To Do Justice For Rwanda". Cameroon Tribune. Cameroon-Info Net. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 "ICTR gets new leadership". The New Times. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Cameroon: Supreme Court officials to be commissioned today". Journal du Cameroun. 30 August 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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