Joyce Aluoch
Joyce Aluoch | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Aluoch in 2017 | |
| First Vice President of the International Criminal Court | |
| In office March 11, 2015 – March 10, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sanji Mmasenono Monageng |
| Succeeded by | Robert Fremr |
| Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
| In office March 11, 2009 – 2018 | |
| Nominated by | Kenya |
| Personal details | |
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University | |
Joyce Aluoch (born 1947) is a Kenyan lawyer who served as Judge of the International Criminal Court from 2009 until 2018. She is a former judge of the High Court of Kenya. In addition to her career as a judge, she was the First Chairperson of the Committee of African Union Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the Vice-Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child from 2003 to 2009.[1] She has also served as the inaugural head of the family division of the Kenyan High Court and a member of the Court of Appeal.[2]
Aluoch has had a pivotal role in negotiations between the African Union and the Government of Sudan to ratify the African charter and secure the rights of children, pursued a fact-finding mission to war-torn northern Uganda on the effects of the war on children, and chaired a task-force aimed at handling sexual offences in Kenya through the implementation of the new Sexual Offences Act, 2006.[1]
Early life and education
Aluoch attended
Private career
In 1974, Aluoch was appointed as a District Magistrate II (Prof.) in the Kenyan Judiciary.
After the 1982 coup attempt, the then Kenyan President Daniel Toroitich arap Moi embarked on repressing perceived political dissidents. This was achieved by police brutality, arbitrary arrests and long detentions without trial, torture in the infamous Nyayo House basement cells and sham trials where the accused were sentenced to prison. Joyce Aluoch was a magistrate in several such trials convicting several political dissidents, key among them Onyango Oloo.
In 1993 Aluoch became a Judge of the High Court. Until her appointment as a Judge of Appeal in December 2007. She was the most Senior Judge of the High Court, handling civil, criminal, commercial and family law cases.[2]
She established and served as Inaugural Head of the Family Division of the High Court and simplified litigation in Family Law matters in line with the principles of 'just, quick and cheap'.[2]
Judge of the International Criminal Court, 2009
Aluoch was elected to the International Criminal Court in 2009 from the African group of states and her nine-year term expired in 2018.[5] She served as the presiding judge of Trial Chamber IV, which heard the cases of Abdallah Banda and Saleh Jerbo.[6]
As presiding judge of Pre-Trial Chamber I, Aluoch was assigned with the situations in Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the cases of
In 2022 she was appointed deputy chairperson of the Judicial Reform Committee of South Sudan (JRC).[10] The JRC was launched by the Government of South Sudan on 28 July 2022 to review laws, and to advise on judicial reforms and restructuring of the judiciary.[11]
Guiding career
Aluoch became a member of the Olave Baden-Powell Society (OB-PS) in 1991.[12] She is also now the Kenya Girl Guides Association's National Trustee and a WAGGGS Honorary Associate.[13]
In her role in the
References
- ^ a b c Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. "Joyce Aluoch". Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ a b c d The African Executive (February 4, 2009). "Lady Justice Joyce Aluoch: First Kenyan Judge at The Hague". The African Executive. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ Judie Kaberia (July 16, 2014), Kenya has made great strides in women empowerment 98.4 Capital FM.
- ^ "Alum Joyce Aluoch Speaks at GMAP Graduation | The Fletcher School". fletcher.tufts.edu. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ "ICC - Judge Joyce ALUOCH (Kenya)". Icc-cpi.int. March 11, 2009. Archived from the original on September 21, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ "ICC - Trial Division". Icc-cpi.int. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ Thomas Escritt (March 1, 2016), Mali rebel destroyed ancient Timbuktu shrines, ICC told Reuters.
- ^ ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I requests Prosecutor to reconsider decision not to investigate situation referred by Union of Comoros Archived September 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine International Criminal Court, press release of July 16, 2015.
- ^ Thomas Escritt (March 22, 2016), Congo ex-vice president guilty in landmark ICC war rape ruling Reuters.
- ^ Inauguration of JRC, key milestone in the implementation of the R-ARCSS, Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC), July 28, 2022, retrieved January 2, 2023
- ^ Evelyn Edroma (August 30, 2022), South Sudan's Judicial Reform Committee Heralds Hope for the Justice Sector, UNDP, retrieved September 25, 2023
- ^ Kenya Girl Guides Association. "History- 100 Years". Kenya Girl Guides Association. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ Kenya Girl Guides Association. "Activity & Events". Kenya Girl Guides Association. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. "Kenya Girl Guides Association". World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
