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Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa to speak at NUI Galway

Summer School on the International Criminal Court

The Irish Centre for Human Rights is most pleased to announce that Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa of the International Criminal Court will deliver a public lecture during this year’s annual Summer School on the International Criminal Court which takes place at the National University of Ireland Galway from 18 - 22 June 2018.

Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa from Uganda was elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court for a term of nine years commencing in March 2018. Prior to joining the International Criminal Court, Judge Bossa held positions as a Judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (2003-2013), the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights (2014-2018) and the Court of Appeal of Uganda (2013-2018). 

Judge Bossa will deliver a public lecture at 6pm on Monday 18 June 2018 in the Aula Maxima at NUI Galway. This public lecture is held in association with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to mark the 20^th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Registration for the Summer School on the International Criminal Court is open until 1 June 2018. This year’s ICC Summer School will include a special session on Africa and the International Criminal Court in association with the Institute for Security Studies, South Africa. Further details on registration and the full programme for the 2018 ICC Summer School are available at: http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=551. 

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