1st Vice-President of the International Criminal Court
In office 2003–2009
Succeeded by
Fatoumata Dembélé Diarra
Judge of the International Criminal Court
In office 2003–2015
Nominated by
Ghana
Personal details
Born
1947; 77 years ago (1947) Ghana
Akua Kuenyehia (born 1947) is a Ghanaian academic and lawyer who served as judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2003 to 2015. She also served as First Vice-president of the Court.[1] She was one of the three female African judges at the ICC.
Kuenyehia represented Ghana on the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) committee in 2003 and worked hard to contribute to its reputation and influence.
Kuenyehia is an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College.[2]
She 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.
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"Bio details, ICC website". Archived from the original on 2004-06-24. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
^"Emeritus and Honorary Fellows". Somerville College, Oxford. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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