Solome Bossa

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Honorable
Solome Bossa
Judge of the International Criminal Court
Assumed office
9 March 2018 [1]
Personal details
Born (1956-04-14) April 14, 1956 (age 67)
Nsambya Hospital, Uganda
Alma mater Makerere University
Law Development Centre
Commonwealth Youth Centre
University of London

Solome Balungi Bossa (also Solomy Balungi Bossa; born 14 April 1956) is a Ugandan judge on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Prior to her election to the ICC, she was a member of the Court of Appeal in Uganda, which also doubles as the Constitutional Court in the Judiciary of Uganda. She was elected to a nine-year term on 5 December 2017 [2] [3] and was sworn in on 9 March 2018. [1] Previously she was appointed to a six-year term on the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in 2014.

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Early life and education

Solome Bossa was born on 14 April 1956 in Nsambya Hospital, in Uganda's capital city of Kampala. [4] Her father, Stanley Walusimbi Ssesanga, was a lawyer and her mother was a housewife. [5] [6]

Bossa attended Ugandan schools for her primary and secondary school education. In 1976, she was admitted to Makerere University, in Kampala, to study law. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1979. She obtained a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre in Kampala. In 1987, she obtained a Certificate in Law Reporting, from the Commonwealth Youth Centre, in Lusaka, Zambia. Later, in 2016, she was awarded a Master of Laws (LLM) degree, by the University of London, specializing in Public International Law. [7] [8]

Activism

Bossa has been a human rights activist since 1980 and founded non-profit organisation including the East African Centre for Constitutional Development, the Uganda Network on HIV, AIDS, Ethics and the Law and the Uganda Law Society. [9] [4]

Career

Bossa was a lecturer at the Law Development Centre of Uganda from 1981 until 1997. [9] She was a legal practitioner from 1988 until 1997, representing indigent women and expanding legal aid, including serving as president of the Uganda Law Society. [10]

She served as Judge at the Uganda High Court from 1997 until 2013. Bossa was a member of the East African Court of Justice for five years, from 2001 until 2006. She was a member of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR) from 2003 until 2013. [7] [8] [6] [9] Bossa was a judge on the East African Court of Justice from 2001 until 2006 and on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda from 2003 until 2013. [9] She was appointed to the Ugandan Constitutional Court in 2013. [6] In 2014, Bossa was elected Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, for a six-year term. [11]

In 2014, Bossa was one of the judges who annulled Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act for not being passed with the required quorum. [12] She received death threats on social media. [13]

In 2017, Bossa became a nominee for the International Criminal Court and was elected later that year. [10]

Other activities

Personal life

Bossa is married to Joseph Bossa, a lawyer and Uganda People's Congress politician, since 1981. She is the mother of four children. [5] [14]

Publications

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  2. ↑ Butagira, Tabu (5 December 2017). "Justice Solome Bossa elected ICC judge". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "judge". www.icc-cpi.int. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa". United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals.
  5. 1 2 Nantume, Gillian (4 February 2018). "Justice Bossa at a glance". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 UNMICT (6 December 2017). "United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals: Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa". United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (UNMICT). Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 IAWJ (2016). "International Association of Women Judges: Pioneering Women Judges on International Courts: Honourable Solomy Balungi Bossa". International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ). Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  8. 1 2 ACHPE. "African Court on Human and People's Rights: Justice Solomy Balungi Bossa – Uganda". African Court on Human and People's Rights (ACHPE).
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Justice Solomy Balungi Bossa - Uganda". African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.
  10. 1 2 "Bossa, Solomy Balungi (Uganda)" (PDF). International Criminal Court.
  11. ↑ "Hon. Lady Justice Solomy Balungi Bossa Appointed to the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights". Judiciary of Uganda.
  12. ↑ Wesaka, Anthony (30 September 2014). "We have received public backlash for annulling antigay law- judge". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Uganda: Judge Who Annulled Anti-Gay Law Faced Death Threats". Mamba. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  14. ↑ Kakaire, Sulaiman (16 May 2013). "Who are the new judges?". The Observer (Uganda) . Kampala. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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