Julia Sebutinde
Julia Sebutinde | |
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| Acting President of the International Court of Justice | |
| In office 14 January 2025 – 3 March 2025 | |
| Vice President | Herself |
| Preceded by | Nawaf Salam |
| Succeeded by | Yuji Iwasawa |
| Vice President of the International Court of Justice | |
| Assumed office 6 February 2024 | |
| President |
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| Preceded by | Kirill Gevorgian |
| Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
| Assumed office 6 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Koroma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1954 Kampala, British Uganda |
| Spouse | John Bagunywa Sebutinde |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Makerere University (LLB) Law Development Centre (Diploma) University of Edinburgh (LLM) |
Julia Sebutinde (born 28 February 1954) is a Ugandan jurist. She is currently serving her second term on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) following her re-election on 12 November 2020. She also is the current chancellor of Muteesa I Royal University, a university owned by Buganda kingdom. She has been a judge on the court since March 2012. She is the first African woman to sit on the ICJ. Before being elected to the ICJ, Sebutinde was a judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. She was appointed to that position in 2007.
On 6 February 2024, Julia Sebutinde was elected Vice-President of the International Court of Justice. On 14 January 2025, she became the acting president upon president Nawaf Salam's resignation in accordance with the acting line of succession until Yuji Iwasawa's election as president on 3 March 2025.