PRO-ISRAEL JUDGE TAKES OVER ICJ PRESIDENCY AFTER LEBANON’S SALAM RESIGNS

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Tue 21 January 2025:

Pro-genocide Ugandan Judge Julia Sebutinde, currently serving as Vice-President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has stepped in as acting President following the resignation of Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam. Salam’s departure comes after he was summoned by Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun to assume the role of Prime Minister.

An ICJ statement released earlier this week announcing Salam’s resignation did not mention Sebutinde explicitly, but as the Court’s current vice president, claims were circulating that she would now be fulfilling the responsibilities of the presidency.

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Sebutinde was the only judge to vote against all measures which were approved by the ICJ against Israel last month, including for allowing access to humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Her actions saw the government of Uganda distance itself from her. In a post on X, Uganda’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Adonia Ayebare, stated that “Justice Sebutinde’s ruling at the International Court of Justice does not represent the Government of Uganda’s position on the situation in Palestine.”

He clarified that “She has previously voted against Uganda’s case on DRC [Democratic Republic of the Congo]. Uganda’s support for the plight of the Palestinian people has been expressed through Uganda ‘s voting pattern at the United Nations.”

Although Uganda generally has close ties with Israel and hosts a number of Israeli companies on its soil, the country is a member state of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which last week condemned Israel’s war on Gaza.

Responding to one user’s criticism of Kampala’s ties with Tel Aviv and the Ugandan government’s utilisation of Israeli surveillance technology, Ayebare insisted that “Uganda’s principled position on Palestine is solid”.

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