Justice Shireen Avis Fisher is a justice of the Residual

Special Court for Sierra Leone The Special Court for Sierra Leone, or the "Special Court" (SCSL), also called the Sierra Leone Tribunal, was a judicial body set up by the government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations to "prosecute persons who bear the greatest responsibil ...

, having been appointed to the role in October 2013 following the ad hoc tribunal's dissolution that year and having previously served as an Appeals Judge on the court from 2009 to 2013 and as President from 2012 to 2013. Previous to this appointment, Fisher served as an International Judge (War Crimes Chamber) of the

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. An American citizen, Fisher practiced law in both Washington, D.C., and the state of

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. She was appointed a Superior Court Judge of the state of Vermont in 1986, the second woman to be appointed to the Vermont judiciary. She holds a J.D. from

Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U.S. ...

, an LL.M (Human Rights Law) from

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and is a graduate of

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, New York, in History. She replaced A. Raja N. Fernando on the Special Court for Sierra Leone, following his death in November 2007.Justice Shireen Avis Fisher Sworn in As Appeals Judge Justice
The Patriotic Vanguard, 8 May 2009

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