George Gelaga King
George Gelaga King | |
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Born | George Gelaga King 29 October 1932 Sierra Leonean |
Education | University of London |
George Gelaga King (29 October 1932 - 5 April 2016)[1][2][3] was a judge in Sierra Leone, West Africa, and recently a justice of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Early life and education
George Gelaga King was born in
Early career
King was President of the Sierra Leone Court of Appeal and of the Court of Appeal of The Gambia. He served as Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to France, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland from 1974 to 1978, and was at the same time Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO. Between 1978 and 1980 he served as Sierra Leone’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.[4]
King taught law at the Sierra Leone Law School from 1990 to 2005. He was Chairman of both the Sierra Leone Law Journal and the Gambian National Council for Law Reporting, and was a member of the Sierra Leone Council of Legal Education. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[4]
Judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, 2002-16
King was a Judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone from December 2002 alongside other justices such as
In September 2013, King served as the presiding judge when the tribunal ruled that the
He subsequently served on the Roster of Judges of the Residual Special Court. He was honored at
References
- ^ RSCSL: press statement announcing the death
- ^ Announcement of death: Sierra Loaded
- ^ "Announcement of death: Makoni Times". Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ^ a b c d "Panels". Harvard University. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ a b c Jalloh, Ibrahim. "The Special Court for Sierra Leone: An Update". entre for Accountability and the Rule of Law. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ Thomas Escritt (September 26, 2013), Liberia's Charles Taylor loses appeal against war crimes conviction Reuters.