Retired High Court Judge Elizabeth Ibanda Nahamya, an accomplished jury in the areas of international criminal law, human rights and international humanitarian law 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.
“Very sad news. She was a very amicable, resolute in her decisions and ever ready to carry out judicial assignments. She did her work well and she was a good example of a serious judicial officer,” former Principal Judge Bamwine, eulogized her.
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