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Florence Rita Arrey (born 1948) is a Cameroonian judge who was the first female chief justice of the Court of the Appeal.[1][which?] She has served on the Supreme Court of Cameroon, and is a vice president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In 2014, she was appointed director of judicial professions in the Cameroonian Ministry of Justice.
Florence Rita Arrey | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1948 Cameroon |
| Nationality | Cameroonian |
| Alma mater | University of Lagos, Nigeria University of London |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Years active | 45 years |
| Known for | First female Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals in Cameroon |
Arrey was born in Cameroon on 18 May 1948.[2][3] She studied law at the University of Lagos, Nigeria and has a Diploma in Legal Drafting and a Certificate in International Law from the University of London.[4]
Arrey was the first woman to be appointed State Counsel in Cameroon in 1974.[4][5] She was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 1984 and in 1990 became the first woman appointed chief justice.[4] In 2000, she was appointed to the Supreme Court of Cameroon.[4]
Arrey was elected an ad litem judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003.[4][5] In 2012, she was elected vice president of the ICTR and judge of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals.[4][6]
In 2014, Arrey was appointed director of judicial professions in the Ministry of Justice Cameroon.[4][7] She is president and founder of the Cameroon Association of Women Judges and vice president of the International Association of Women Judges.[4]
On International Women's Day in 2011, Arrey was named one of Cameroon's 50 most influential women.[6]
- Arrey, Florence Rita (2000). "Legislative and Judicial Treatment of Family Relations in Cameroon". In United Nations. Division for the Advancement of Women (ed.). Bringing International Human Rights Law Home: Judicial Colloquium on the Domestic Application of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. United Nations Publications. pp. 138–140. ISBN 9789211302042.
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