Frederick Egonda-Ntende

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Frederik Martin Stephen Egonda-Ntende (* 1957 ) is a Ugandan lawyer. He is a judge on the Court of Appeal , the second highest court in the country.

Career

Egonda-Ntende worked as a judge on Uganda's High Court and was co-opted to the Court of Appeal / Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Uganda before serving as Chief Justice of the Seychelles from August 21, 2009 to 2013 . In 1996 he was a member of the Constitutional Court in the case of David Tinyefuza (now: David Sejusa), in which it was decided that Tinyefuza had the right to leave the army. That judgment was later overturned by the Supreme Court.

Upon his return from the Seychelles, Egonda-Ntende was immediately appointed to the Court of Appeal. In 2016, he and four other judges ruled in a constitutional petition that police officers and other state agents involved in a human rights violation should be prosecuted as individuals and not their institution instead. In 2017, he agreed with the opinion of two other judges that it was unconstitutional for individual judges to hear preliminary motions arising from constitutional petitions, as these had to be dealt with by five judges of the constitutional court.

Egonda-Ntende was temporarily on behalf of the United Nations judge of the Tribunal de Recurso de Timor-Leste , East Timor's highest court, in order to help establish the judiciary of the country then under UN administration . He also worked in Kosovo for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), where he gained experience in the fight against drug trafficking. He also taught law at Makerere University .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The judiciary of Uganda: The Honorable Justices of the Court of Appeal , accessed April 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c d e The Observer: Kavuma retires: Here is who might replace him , April 17, 2017 , accessed April 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b eTurbonews: Seychelles swears in Ugandan Frederick Egonda-Ntende as new chief justice , August 22, 2009 , accessed on April 22, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Egonda-Ntende, Frederick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Egonda-Ntende, Frederik Martin Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ugandan judge
DATE OF BIRTH 1957