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Daniel Nsereko

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Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko (born 27 November 1941) is a member of the Advisory Committee on nominations of judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and was a judge of the International Criminal Court from Uganda (2008–2012).

Early life

Nsereko comes from a family of nine children. His father was a former lay preacher in the Anglican Church, until he became a Seventh-day Adventist in 1950. Nsereko was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1960, during secondary school.[1]

Nsereko was nominated to the ICC in 2007.[2] In 2009, he presided over an appeal of a criminal case against Germain Katanga.[3] In 2012, he was part of the majority panel in an ICC case regarding the 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis.[4][5] He became a judge of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in March 2012.[6][7]

He is a member of the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative Advisory Council, a project of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis to establish the world’s first treaty on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Kibuuka, Hudson. "Daniel D. Ntande Nsereko". College and University Dialogue. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ Osike, Felix; Candia, Steven (17 July 2007). "Uganda: Lawyer Nominated for ICC Judge". New Vision.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Trial of Congolese militia leader can proceed, International Criminal Court rules". UN News. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Jalloh, Charles Chernor (2012). "Situation in the Republic of Kenya". American Journal of International Law. 106 (1). 121, note 9. doi:10.5305/amerjintelaw.106.1.0118. ISSN 0002-9300.
  5. ^ "International Criminal Court case against Kenyan officials to proceed". UN News. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  6. ^ "New STL Prosecutor, Appeals Chamber Judge Sworn in". Naharnet. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "United Nations appoints Norman Farrell as STL prosecutor". The Daily Star. 1 March 2012. ISSN 1027-3883. ProQuest document ID 925643521.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)