Angela Mudukuti
Lawyer specialized in international criminal law and human rights.

About

Passionate about advancing human rights and ensuring accountability for egregious crimes Angela has used her legal skills to seek justice for victims and to promote and protect human rights.

Angela has worked for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (The Netherlands), the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (South Africa), where she ran the International Criminal Justice Programme, and the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (Italy) where she worked under the supervision of Professor Cherif Bassiouni, the Wayamo Foundation (Germany) as the Senior International Criminal Justice Lawyer and as an International Justice consultant for Human Rights Watch.

Angela has a Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Criminal Law, Transitional Justice and International Crime Prevention and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B).

Angela is a permanent member of the prominent international criminal law blog Opinio Juris and an expert on the Justice Rapid Response Expert Roster.

Understanding the power of sharing and learning from others, Angela has also focused her efforts on sharing experience gained in the never ending fight for justice.Through mentoring, guest lectures, and publications, Angela has worked to ensure that affected communities, students, activists and other lawyers have access to the information they need to make a positive impact and to use the law in an innovative and human rights oriented manner.

Angela has experience in:

  • Legal drafting and strategic litigation, including litigating precedent setting cases before the South African Constitutional Court pertaining to crimes against humanity and universal jurisdiction and seeking the enforcement of an arrest warrant against the former president of Sudan during his 2015 visit to South Africa.
  • International criminal justice advocacy including seeking to prevent withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and constructively engaging with the ICC as part of civil society.
  • Capacity building, including working with African investigators and prosecutors to assist with the enhanced implementation of international criminal law domestically.
  • Research and writing, including reports, newspaper articles, journal articles, book chapters and advocacy documents.
  • Public speaking, including speaking at seminars, workshops, providing guest lectures for LLM students and doing television and radio interviews.

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  1. IER Blog Series: “Court’s problems may be in part the result of the standard of some judges…” –striving to improve the ICC Bench *

    Published 25th March 2021

    This blog is part of a series on The International Justice Monitor about selected aspects of the ICC Independent Expert Review Final Report released on September 30, 2020. Six new International Criminal Court (ICC) judges were sworn in earlier this month. Yet again, this election cycle brought to the fore procedural and substantive deficiencies of the ICC’s nomination and […]

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  2. IER Blog Series: The Next ICC President: Watch This Election Closely *

    Published 1st March 2021

    This blog is part of a series on the International Justice Monitor about selected aspects of the ICC Independent Expert Review Final Report released on September 30, 2020. The Presidency is a highly influential and powerful unit within the International Criminal Court (ICC). Consisting of a president and two vice presidents, this unit has the power to […]

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  3. The ICC prosecutor elections and the failure to vet candidates *

    Published 21st February 2021

    On Friday 12 February, the next International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, British candidate, Karim Khan QC, was elected. Unfortunately, the election process itself cast a shadow and raised concerns about the ICC’s  management oversight and legislative body- the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) and its leadership.  The ICC is the world’s only permanent court with […]

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  4. ICC Review Process: Taking A Closer Look At The IER’S Final Report *

    Published 12th January 2021

    This blog is part of a series on the International Justice Monitor about selected aspects of the ICC Independent Expert Review Final Report released on September 30, 2020. The much-anticipated Independent Expert Review final report was released on September 30, 2020 and it is candid, detailed, and more thorough than expected given the limited amount of time the Experts […]

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