Justice Sebutinde to deliver Second Memorial Lecture

The 2nd lecture will be given by the Honourable Justice Julia Sebutinde, of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on the theme “Celebrating Ten Years of the Rome Statute (1998-2008): Does Uganda Have Reason to Join the Party?”, and it will take place on 6th August 2008 at the Kampala Sheraton Hotel starting at 5 PM.

Justice Julia Sebutinde, a British-trained Ugandan lawyer, was called to the Uganda Bar in 1979. From 1978-1991 she worked within Uganda's Ministry of Justice, where she rose to the level of Principal State Attorney / Principal Legislative Counsel. From 1991-1996 she worked for the Commonwealth Secretariat, London as a Legislative Consultant and was seconded to the newly-independent Republic of Namibia, where she was attached to the Ministry of Justice as a Legislative expert.

In 1996 she was appointed Judge of the High Court of Uganda. Between 1999 and 2003 Judge Sebutinde chaired three high-level Commissions which investigated allegations of corruption in the Uganda Police Force, the Ministry of Defence and the Uganda Revenue Authority, respectively.