Sanji Mmasenono Monageng (born 9 August 1950) has been a

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of the

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(ICC) since 2009.

Career

Monageng is a national of

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

. She became a judge in Botswana in 1989. In 2003, Monageng was elected as a Commissioner in the

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) is a quasi-judicial body tasked with promoting and protecting human rights and collective (peoples') rights throughout the African continent as well as interpreting the African Charter ...

, which is an organ of the

African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...

. In November 2006, she attended the meeting for

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held in

Gadjah Mada University Gadjah Mada University ( jv, ꦈꦤꦶꦥ꦳ꦼꦂꦱꦶꦠꦱ꧀ꦓꦗꦃꦩꦢ; id, Universitas Gadjah Mada, abbreviated as UGM) is a Public university, public research university located in Sleman Regency, Sleman, Yogyakarta (special region) ...

. In 2007 she became the Chairperson of the commission.

ICC

In 2009, Monageng was elected a judge of the ICC by the court's Assembly of States Parties. Her nine-year non-renewable term expires in 2018. When Monageng was elected to the ICC in 2009, she was assigned to sit in the Pre-Trial Chamber of the Court. Mongaeng remained in the Pre-Trial Chamber until 2012. After serving in the Pre-Trial Chamber, Monageng started working in the Appeals Division in 2012. She was promoted to President of the Appeals Division in 2014. Between 2012 and 2015, she served as First Vice-president of the Court for a term of three years.

High Courts

At the time she was elected as a judge of the ICC, Monageng was also acting as a judge of the High Court of

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and as a judge of the High Court of

Swaziland Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

. She was acting in these positions pursuant to the

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Fund for Technical Cooperation Programme.

World Trade Organisation

Monageng is a panel member representing Botswana in th
Dispute Resolution Board
of the

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Honors

On 30 September 2013, Monageng received the Presidential Order of Honor from President

Ian Khama Seretse Khama Ian Khama (born 27 February 1953) is a Botswana politician and former military officer who was the fourth President of the Republic of Botswana from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2018. After serving as Commander of the Botswana Defence ...

. In 2014, Monageng was given the Human Rights Award by the

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References

External links

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