Sanji Mmasenono Monageng
| Sanji Mmasenono Monageng | |
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| 1st Vice-President of the International Criminal Court | |
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In office 2012–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Fatoumata Dembélé Diarra |
| Succeeded by | Joyce Aluoch |
| Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
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In office 11 March 2009 – 2018 | |
| Nominated by | Botswana |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1950 Botswana |
| Nationality | Botswana |
| Alma mater | University of Botswana |
Sanji Mmasenono Monageng (born 1950) has been a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2009.
Monageng is a national of Botswana. She became a judge in Botswana in 1989. In 2003, Monageng was elected as a Commissioner in the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, which is an organ of the African Union. In 2007 she became the Chairperson of the Commission.
On November 2006, she attended the meeting for The Yogyakarta Principles held in Gadjah Mada University.
At the time she was elected as a judge of the ICC, Monageng was also acting as a judge of the High Court of The Gambia and as a judge of the High Court of Swaziland. She was acting in these positions pursuant to the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation Programme.
In 2009, Monageng was elected a judge of the ICC by the court's Assembly of States Parties. She was assigned to sit in the Pre-Trial Chamber of the Court. Her nine-year non-renewable term expires in 2018. Between 2012 and 2015, she served as First Vice-President of the Court for a term of three years.
References
- Judge Sanji Mmasenono MONAGENG (Botswana): ICC official site
- "Botswana’s Justice Sanji Monageng elected judge of the International Criminal Court", Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Botswana