Africa-Press – Uganda. Lots of people are now talking about Ugandan Julia Sebutinde after she was the only judge on the 17-strong International Court of Justice panel to vote against every single one of its conclusions about Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
There are many critical comments on social media, with some wondering why she chose not to be more sympathetic to South Africa’s case.
The ICJ judges stopped short of demanding a ceasefire but told Israel it had to immediately enable urgently needed aid to enter the territory.
Justice Sebutinde did not agree.
But Uganda’s leading diplomat at the United Nations has said on X that she does not “represent the government of Uganda’s position on the situation in Palestine. She has previously voted against Uganda’s case on [the Democratic Republic of Congo].
“Uganda’s support for the plight of the Palestinian people has been expressed through Uganda‘s voting pattern at the United Nations.”
Justice Sebutinde was first elected as a member of the ICJ in 2012 and re-elected in 2021. She has previously served as a judge in the Special Court for Sierra Leone from 2005 to 2011 and handled the case against Liberian President Charles Taylor.
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