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[Translate to العربية:] Justice Gérard Niyungeko
[President of the Court] - Burundi -
Justice Gérard Niyungeko is from Burundi. He was elected for a term of six years.

He obtained a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Brussels, Belgium and was the President of the Constitutional Court of Burundi from 1992 to 1996. He also worked for the United Nations Development Programme as an international expert in legal and human rights issues and is a member of the Drafting Committee of the Research Group for Democratic, Economic and Social Development in Africa. At the time of his election, he was a Professor of Law at the University of Bujumbura (Université officielle de Bujumbura) in Burundi, where he holds the UNESCO Chair in Education for Peace and Conflicts Resolution.

He is the author of several publications, including Les Droits de L'Homme, Cours Destiné aux Formateurs (Human Rights, a teachers' manual) (1994).

[Translate to العربية:] Justice Sophia A. B. Akuffo
[ Vice-President of the Court ] - Ghana -
Justice Sophia A. B. Akuffo is from Ghana and was elected for a two-year term of office. At the time of her election, she was a judge at the Supreme Court of Ghana and has been a member of several organisations, including the Advisory Committee of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute. She is also the current Vice-President of the African Court and will serve in that capacity for two years, which may be renewed once.

Her publications include: The Application of Information & Communication Technology in the Judicial Process - The Ghanaian Experience, presented to the African Judicial Network, Ghana (2002).

[Translate to العربية:] Justice Jean Mutsinzi
- Rwanda -
Justice Jean Mutsinzi is from Rwanda. He was elected for a six-year term of office. Nominated as President of the African Court for a first term of two years, he can be re-elected to this post for a second and final term of two years.

Jean Mutsinzi is a judge at the Supreme Court of Rwanda and a former President of the Supreme Court and the Superior Council of the Judiciary of Rwanda. He was a secretary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Brussels, Belgium. Justice Mutsinzi is also a former Professor of Law at the National University of Zaire and the Kigali Independent University.

[Translate to العربية:] Justice Bernard Makgabo Ngoepe
- South Africa -
Justice Bernard Makgabo Ngoepe is from South Africa. He was elected for a two-year term in 2006, and was then re-elected in 2008 for an additional six years.

After acting as a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (1995), he joined the country's Supreme Court of Appeal as a judge in 1998. He was appointed and then re-appointed to the chair of the Council of Review for Serious Offences (1996 to date).

In 1995, Justice Ngoepe was also made a judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the High Court of South Africa, later becoming its Judge President (1999 to date).

Justice Ngoepe has received a number of awards in the field of human rights.

[Translate to العربية:] Justice Modibo Tounty Guindo
- Mali -
Justice Modibo Tounty Guindo is from Mali. He was elected for a term of office of six years. He has previously worked as technical consultant at the Ministry of Justice, Mali and served as a Judge at the Court of First Instance in Timbuktu, Mali.

[Translate to العربية:] Justice Fatsah Ouguergouz
- Algeria -
An Algerian national, Judge Fatsah Ouguergouz is graduated in Law from the University of Saint-Etienne (France) and hold a Ph. D. in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International Law (Geneva, Switzerland). Until November 2006, he was Secretary of the International Court of Justice (The Hague) where he worked for 12 years. Before joining the World Court, he was a Legal Officer at the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations (New York) and then a Human Rights Officer in Rwanda for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Judge Ouguergouz taught Public International Law at the Law School of the University of Geneva during four years. He is a former Orville H. Schell Fellow (Yale Law School), Guest Professor at the University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II, France) and Father Robert F. Drinan Professor of Human Rights at Georgetown University Law Center (Washington D.C.). He is regularly invited as guest lecturer by numerous universities, international organizations, or other institutions like the International Institute of Human Rights (Strasbourg, France) or the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR, Geneva). Judge Ouguergouz is a founding member and the Executive Director of the African Foundation for International Law (The Hague) as well as Associate Editor of the African Yearbook of International Law. He is Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board of the African Human Rights Law Journal (Centre for Human Rights, Université of Pretoria) and of the International Law in Domestic Courts Online (Amsterdam/Oxford). He is the author of numerous publications in the field of international law, including two books: The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights - A Comprehensive Agenda for Human Dignity and Sustainable Democracy in Africa (Nijhoff Publishers, 2003, 1016 pages) and La Charte Africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples - Une approche juridique des droits de l'homme entre tradition et modernité (Presses Universitaires de France, 1993, 479 pages).

[Translate to العربية:] Justice Joseph Nyamihana Mulenga
- Uganda -
Justice Joseph Nyamihana Mulenga is a Ugandan and was appointed to the Court in July 2008 for a term of six years . He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Degree from the University of London, and was called to the English Bar by the Honourable Society of Middle Temple.

He first worked in the Department of Public Prosecutions of Uganda for four years, rising through the ranks from Pupil State Attorney to Senior State Attorney. Thereafter he worked as an Advocate in private practice and for about three years served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Uganda.

In 1997 Justice Mulenga was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda and in 2001 he was also appointed to the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) for a term of seven years, which he served initially as Vice-President and subsequently as President of the Court. He retired from both Courts in October 2008.

Justice Augustino S. L. Ramadhani
- Tanzania-

Justice Duncan Tambala
- Malawi-

Justice Elsie Nwanwuri Thompson
- Nigeria-

Elsie Nwanwuri Thompson is from Nigeria and was elected to the African Court for a term of six years on 27^th July 2010.She is a serving judge of the High Court of Rivers State Nigeria.  Called to the English bar in 1984 after an LLB Honours degree from the Queen Mary College University of London and Nigerian bar in 1985 ;Judge Thompson prior to her appointment as a high court judge was in active private legal practice for 20 years and worked  on human rights cases. She has served in several associations notably the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) were she held several posts including Regional Vice president for Africa.  Judge Thompson is a resource person at seminars and conferences. She has presented several papers on women and children’s rights as well as other topical legal issues. She is a member of the honourable society of Gray’s inn and also a fellow of the chartered institute of arbitrators UK.

Justice Sylvain Ore
- Ivory Coast-