Agathe Pembellot

Agathe Pembellot (2002)

Agathe Félicie Lélo Pembellot (born May 21, 1942 in Pointe-Noire , French Equatorial Africa , today Republic of the Congo ; † October 13, 2016 in Pointe-Noire) was the first woman judge in the Republic of the Congo and also the first female member at the Supreme Court of Justice of the Congo.

origin

Agathe Pembellot was born on May 21, 1942 in Pointe-Noire, which at that time was the administrative capital of the "Middle Congo". She was the second of nine children in the Pembellot family. Her father Anaclet Pembellot (1908-2003) worked for the national telephone company, he came from the clan of the Princely House of Boulolo, her mother Anna Bouiti (1920-2004) was a farmer and member of the Tchiali clan.

The Boulolo and Tchiali clans were among the twenty-seven influential families of the ancient Loango kingdom .

education

Agathe Pembellot attended the municipal girls' school in Pointe-Noire until 1956 (directed by the Sister Order of the "Daughters of the Holy Spirit".) Then she attended the Lycee Victor Augagneur in Pointe-Noire, which she graduated from the Baccalauréat in 1965 as the first Congolese woman . This opened the doors for her to study at the Center for Higher Education in Brazzaville (CESB).

In 1967 she received her degree in general law from the CESB (later Marien Ngouabi University ). She then went to France and enrolled in the Faculty of Law and Economics of the Paris Sorbonne ( Panthéon-Sorbonne ). After receiving her law degree in 1969, she continued to specialize at the National Center for Judicial Studies in Paris until April 1970. In the meantime, in February 1970, she took her oath as a judge at the Palais de Justice in Paris. She then completed her legal clerkship at the Tribunal de Grande Instance (regional court) in Melun , where she was particularly interested in the problem of juvenile delinquency.

Professional career

After completing her studies, Agathe Pembellot returns to the Congo.

On March 11, 1973, the doors to the Congolese high justice finally opened for her: During a ceremony on the grounds of the Courthouse of Brazzaville , she took her oath of office and became the first female Congolese judge at the age of 30.

This event inspired many other women to follow their calling and find their way into the justice system of the Congo.

Agathe Pembellot initially worked as a youth judge in Brazzaville. In doing so, she looked for solutions to the problems of juvenile delinquency in intensified cooperation with social services. She also worked intensively on rehabilitation and return of offenders to civil society after serving their sentences - regardless of the gravity of their crime or the sentence.

In 1975 she became chairwoman of the Tribunal de Grande Instance (regional court) in Brazzaville, and in 1976 presiding judge of the Cour d'appel (court of appeal) of Brazzaville.

In 1982 Pembellot was again the first woman to be appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the Congo. Until 1993 she was chairwoman of the Social Chamber of the Supreme Court.

In addition, from 1984 to 1989 she was advisor to the Minister of Justice Dieudonné Kimbembé (1944–2005) in the field of child rearing, she was Deputy Inspector General of the Ministry of Justice for courts and judicial authorities and Justice of the Peace at the State School for Administration and Justice (ENAM) in Brazzaville.

In 2007 Agathe Pembellot retired from her active career.

Private life

Agathe Pembellot had been married to Auguste Mambou (1941–2015), also from Pointe-Noire, since 1968, whom she met while studying law at the CESB. Auguste Mambou was among other things Deputy Director of the Congolese Authority for Customs and Excise Taxes. Their marriage had five children.

Publications

Agathe Mambou-Pembellot: La preuve des crimes de sorcellerie devant le juge pénal congolais. Review juridique et politique. 1985 pp. 124-128 (French).

Memberships and functions

Treasurer of the Congolese section of the IDEF (International Institute for Law of French Origin and Inspiration)
Member of the IFWLC (International Association of Women in Legal Professions)
Member of the Congolese Association of Women as Lawyers (AFJC)
Chair of the National Commission on Children's Affairs.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Massamba, Jean-Claude: Agathe Mambou, Première congolaise magistrat . In: Mwasi, Le magazine de la femme . No. 1 , April 23, 1973 (French).
^ ^A ^b Institut international de Droit d'Expression et d'inspiration Françaises: Section congolaise (Brazzaville) - IDEF. In: institut-idef.org/. 1990, accessed February 5, 2019 (French).
↑ Mapako-Hervé Gnali; André Portella: Maison princière de Boulolo - Branche collatérale de la dynastie de Bouvandji originaire du Cabinda . Ed .: Mimosa document. Pointe-Noire 1997 (French).
↑ Alexis Bouiti; Jean-Marie Tchibindas: Le clan Tchiali . Ed .: Mimosa - Document. Pointe-Noire 2002 (French).
^ Frank Hagenbucher-Sacripanti: Les fondements spirituels du pouvoir au Royaume de Loango: République populaire du Congo, Kouilou (Congo) . Ed .: Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer. Paris 1973, p. 89-90 (French).
↑ Guy Pannier: L'Eglise de Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville): Evolution des communautés chrétiennes de 1947 à 1975, Mémoires d'églises, Congo Brazzaville . Ed .: Ed. Karthala. Paris 1999, p. 280 (French).
^ Jacques Renoux: Center d'enseignement supérieur - Brazzaville - Rentrée universitaire October 1966 - June 1967 (Livret d'accueil) . Ed .: Imprimerie Jobard. Dijon 1966, p. 4-5 (French).
↑ Mambou Pembellot, Agathe Félicie: La preuve des crimes de sorcellerie devant le juge penal congolais . In: Revue juridique et politique: indépendance et coopération . tape 39 , no. 1-2 , 1985, pp. 124–128 (French, africabib.org [accessed August 18, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Pembellot, Agathe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pembellot, Agathe Félicie Lélo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	first female judge in the Republic of the Congo
DATE OF BIRTH	May 21, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pointe-Noire , formerly French Equatorial Africa , now the Republic of the Congo
DATE OF DEATH	October 13, 2016
Place of death	Pointe-Noire , Republic of the Congo

[:0-1] Massamba, Jean-Claude: Agathe Mambou, Première congolaise magistrat . In: Mwasi, Le magazine de la femme . No. 1 , April 23, 1973 (French).

[:1-2] A ^b Institut international de Droit d'Expression et d'inspiration Françaises: Section congolaise (Brazzaville) - IDEF. In: institut-idef.org/. 1990, accessed February 5, 2019 (French).

[3] Mapako-Hervé Gnali; André Portella: Maison princière de Boulolo - Branche collatérale de la dynastie de Bouvandji originaire du Cabinda . Ed .: Mimosa document. Pointe-Noire 1997 (French).

[4] Alexis Bouiti; Jean-Marie Tchibindas: Le clan Tchiali . Ed .: Mimosa - Document. Pointe-Noire 2002 (French).

[5] Frank Hagenbucher-Sacripanti: Les fondements spirituels du pouvoir au Royaume de Loango: République populaire du Congo, Kouilou (Congo) . Ed .: Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer. Paris 1973, p. 89-90 (French).

[6] Guy Pannier: L'Eglise de Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville): Evolution des communautés chrétiennes de 1947 à 1975, Mémoires d'églises, Congo Brazzaville . Ed .: Ed. Karthala. Paris 1999, p. 280 (French).

[7] Jacques Renoux: Center d'enseignement supérieur - Brazzaville - Rentrée universitaire October 1966 - June 1967 (Livret d'accueil) . Ed .: Imprimerie Jobard. Dijon 1966, p. 4-5 (French).

[8] Mambou Pembellot, Agathe Félicie: La preuve des crimes de sorcellerie devant le juge penal congolais . In: Revue juridique et politique: indépendance et coopération . tape 39 , no. 1-2 , 1985, pp. 124–128 (French, africabib.org [accessed August 18, 2019]).