Prisca Matimba Nyambe, SC is a Zambian judge who also sits on international tribunals.[1][2] She is known for dissenting from the majority decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) judgements which convicted Ratko Mladić and Zdravko Tolimir of war crimes.[1][3][4]
Prisca Matimba Nyambe | |
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| Born | 31 December 1951  Zambia |
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| Occupation | Judge |
Nyambe was born on 31 December 1951 in Zambia and studied law at the University of Zambia, graduating in 1975.[2]
She was a resident magistrate in Kabwe, Zambia from 1978 to 1980, and a senior magistrate, in Harare and Gwelo, Zimbabwe, from 1980 to 1984.[5]
From 1984 to 1992 she was legal counsel to the Bank of Zambia, and from 1992 to 1996 worked in private practice.[2] In February 1996, she became a senior legal officer at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), in Arusha, Tanzania, rising to be general counsel to the ICTR, until 2006.[2]
She was appointed a judge of the High Court of Zambia in 2006, retiring from the post in 2015.[2] She became a Judge ad litem of the ICTY in 2004, and has been a judge of the United Nations' International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals since 2011.[5]
She served as a Council Member of the Law Association of Zambia from 1982 to 1994, being vice-chair in the final year.[2] She sat on a Zambian Parliamentary Fact-Finding Committee into discriminatory laws against women.[2]
She was granted the honour of being appointed a State Counsel by the President of Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa, in 2005.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Boffey, Daniel; Borger, Julian (8 June 2021). "Ratko Mladić, 'butcher of Bosnia', loses appeal against genocide conviction". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Pioneer African Women in Law". African Women in Law. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ Borger, Julian (8 June 2021). "Prisca Matimba Nyambe: who is the dissenting judge in Ratko Mladić case?". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Zdravko Tolimir sentenced to life imprisonment for Srebrenica and Žepa crimes". International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Judge Prisca Matimba Nyambe". International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
External links edit
- Video interview, December 2015
- "Biographical Note: Judge Prisca Matimba Nyambe, SC (Retired)" (PDF). Judiciary of Zambia.
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