Retired Justice Elizabeth Nahamya is dead
By Lydia Etii Ajwang
The Retired Lady Justice Elizabeth Nahamya is dead. Justice Nahamya, 70, breathed her last in the wee hours of Friday morning in The Hague, Netherlands, a country that hosts two global courts of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The cause of her death was still unknown by press time.
Justice Nahamya, whose demise was announced by the Judiciary on Friday morning, besides serving as a distinguished High Court judge, she also served as a jury for several international courts including; the Special Court for Sierra-Leone, the United Nations Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
“It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of retired High Court Judge, Elizabeth Ibanda Nahamya which occurred earlier today in the Netherlands,” the death announcement by the Judiciary reads in part.
In October 2020, she joined other Justices in Arusha Tanzania; Ian Bonomy (UK-born) and Ms Graciela Susana G. Santana from Uruguay to form a three-judge panel to hear a case of Felicien Kabuga, a Rwanda genocide suspect.
Former Principal Judge, Yorokamu Bamwine, who closely supervised the deceased judge, eulogized her as a resolute judge when it comes to decision making.
She has been serving as Judge of the Mechaniam for International Criminal Tribunals since 2018 till her death on 6th January, 2023.
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterre appointed the law justice Elizabeth Nahamya as judge of the Mechaniam for International Criminal Tribunals.
Before that she worked as a Justice of the High Court of Uganda where she headed the International Crimes Division of the High Court. She was also a lecturer of Law of Contract at Ahmadu Beollo University, Kaduna State in Nigeria and also taught at National University of Lesotho.
She worked in the Central Bank of Lesotho and was a consultant with Ministry of Finance in Uganda.
Burial arrangements are to be communicated by the Judiciary Senior Communication Officer, Sheila Wamboga.