Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko
Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko is a member of the Advisory Committee on nominations of judges of the International Criminal Court and was a Judge of the International Criminal Court from Uganda.
Education
- 1968 Bachelor of Laws, University of East Africa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- 1970 Master of Comparative Jurisprudence, Howard University
- 1971 Master of Laws, New York University School of Law, New York City, United States of America
- 1972 Certificate in International Law, The Hague Academy of International Law
- 1973 - 1975 Doctor of Juridical Science, New York University School of Law, New York, United States of America School of Law, Washington, D.C., United States of America
Professional qualifications
- 1972–present Advocate, High Court of Uganda
- 2007-2008 List of Counsel and eligible for appointment to represent accused or victims before the International Criminal Court
Work history
- 1968 Pupil Advocate with Kiwanuka & Co., Advocates, Kampala, Uganda
- 1971 - 1975 Lecturer in Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- 1975 - 1978 Senior Lecturer in Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- 1978 - 1982 Full-time private law practice, Kampala, Uganda
- 1983 Social Affairs Officer, United Nations Centre for Development and Humanitarian Affairs, New York City, New York
- 1983 - 1984 Expert Consultant, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch of the United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, New York
- 1984 - 1992 Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Botswana
- 1992 - 1996 Associate Professor of Law, University of Botswana
- 1993 - 1994 Walter S. Owen Visiting Professor of Law, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 1996–2007 Professor of Law, University of Botswana, Gaborone
- 2008–2012 Judge of the International Criminal Court The Hague, Netherlands
- 2009–2010 President Appeals Division, International Criminal Court The Hague, Netherlands
- 2012–present Member of the Advisory Committee on Nominations of Judges of the International Criminal Court
- 2012–present Judge Appeals Chamber, Special Tribunal for Lebanon The Hague, Netherlands
Publications
Books
- Criminal Law and Procedure in Botswana - forthcoming.
- With K. Solo, Legal Ethics in Botswana: Cases and Materials
- "Constitutional Law in Botswana", International Encyclopaedia of Laws
- Criminal Procedure in Botswana: Cases and Materials .
- "Criminal Law and Procedure in Uganda".
- Eddembe Lyaffe ,. Published with the assistance of the Danish Agency for International Development.
- English — Luganda Law Dictionary..
- Antigone: a Greek Play by Sophocles.
Mimeographs
- The International Protection of Refugees.
- Police Powers and the Rights of the Individual in Uganda.
Chapters in books
- "Sentencing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia", in Andre Klip and Goran Sluiter, Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, Vol. XV - forthcoming.
- "Participation in Crime in Botswana" in Ulrich Sieber Participation in Crime: Criminal Liability of Leaders of Criminal Groups and Networks – A Comparative Analysis (Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. Freiburg.
2007 - forthcoming
- "Expeditious Trial" in Andre Klip and Goran Sluiter, Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The Special Court for Sierra Leone, Vol. 9, Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, Vol. 8.
- "Forcible Transfer of Children" in Shelton, Dinah Encyclopaedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, 3 vols..
- , Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Vol. 6.
- "Preliminary Matters: the Indictment", in Andre Klip and Goran Sluiter, Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, Vol. IV.
- "Social Change and Organised Crime in Southern Africa", in Apollo Rwomire, Social Problems in Africa.
- "The African Great Lakes Region and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda", in ELSA, International Law as we Enter the 21st Century.
- "The Implementation of the ICC Statute within the Southern African Community ", in Claus Kress & Flavia Lattanzi, The Rome Statute and Domestic Legal Orders, Volume I: General Aspects and Constitutional Issues.
- "Preliminary Rulings Regarding Admissibility", in Otto Triffterer, Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
- "Genocide: A Crime Against Mankind", in Gabrielle Kirk McDonald and Olivia Swak-Goldman, The Law and Enforcement of International Offences – The Experience of International and National Courts.
- "Controlling Executive Power in Southern Africa: the Role of the Courts and Administrative Tribunals", in Hugh Corder and Tiyanjana Maluwa, Administrative Justice in Southern Africa.
- "Reparations in the Criminal Law: the Case of Uganda", in Albin Eser and Susanne Walther Wiedergutmachung im Strafrecht: Internationale Perspektiven.
- "Issues of Implementation and Co-ordination", with Roger Clark, in Yael Danieli, Nigel Rodley and Lars Weisaeth International Responses to Traumatic Stress.
- "Victims of Crime and their Rights", in T.M. Mushanga Criminology in Africa,.
- "The Rights of Children in Botswana", in The Rights of the Child.
- "Human Rights: A Legal Perspective", in D. Rubadiri, Human Rights and You,.
- "Arbitrary Deprivation of Life: Controls on Permissible Deprivations", in B.G. Ramcharan The Right to Life in International Law,.
Articles in internationally peer-reviewed journals
- "Bringing Aggressors to Justice: From Nuremberg to Rome" 4 University of Botswana Law Journal, pp. 4–32.
- "The SADC Protocol against Corruption: Example of the Region's Response to an International Scourge", with Zein Kebonang, 1 University of Botswana Law Journal, pp. 85–119.
- "Prosecutorial Discretion before National Courts and International Tribunals", 2 Journal of International Criminal Justice, pp. 124–144.
- "Triggering the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court", 4 African Human Rights Law Journal pp. 256–274.
- "Defining the Crime of Aggression: An Important Agenda Item for the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court", Acta Juridica Journal, pp. 256– 286 .
- "Aggression Under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court" 71 The Nordic Journal of International Law, pp. 497–521.
- "The Ethical Obligations of Counsel in Criminal Proceedings: Representing an Unwilling Client", 12 Criminal Law Forum: An International Journal, pp. 487–507.
- "Genocidal Conflict and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda", 48 Netherlands International Law Review, pp. 31–65.
- "Minimum Sentences and their Effect on Judicial Discretion", 31 Crime, Law and Social Change: An International Journal, pp. 363–384.
- "Crime Prevention in Southern Africa: A Legal Perspective", 32 The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 247-265.
- "The International Criminal Court: Jurisdictional and Related Issues", 10 Criminal Law Forum: an International Journal, pp. 87–120.
- "Police Informers and Agents Provocateurs: Accomplices or Handmaidens of the Law? Perspectives from the Courts of Eastern and Southern Africa" 9 Criminal Law Forum: an International Journal, pp. 151–169.
- "Indigenous Justice Systems: An Eastern African Perspective", 24 Indian Socio-Legal Journal, pp. 23–30.
- "When Crime Crosses Borders: A Southern African Perspective", 41 Journal of African Law, pp. 192–200 .
- "Witchcraft as a Criminal Defence, From Uganda to Canada and Back", 24 Manitoba Law Journal, pp. 38–59 .
- "Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia" 5 Criminal Law Forum: an International Journal, pp. 507–555. Reprinted as a chapter in Roger Clark and Madeleine Sann, The Prosecution of International Crimes.
- "Victims of Abuse of Power, with Special Reference to Africa" 28 University of British Columbia Law Review, pp. 171–192. Reprinted in 60 The Review of the International Commission of Jurists, pp. 199–219.
- "The Poisoned Tree: Responses to Involuntary Confessions in Criminal Proceedings in Botswana, Zambia, and Uganda" 5 African Journal of International & Comparative Law, pp. 609–633.. Reprinted as a chapter in M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala, The Protection of Human Rights in African Criminal Proceedings.
- "The Police, Human Rights, and the Constitution: An African Perspective", 15 Human Rights Quarterly, pp. 465–484 . This article was abstracted in the 1994 International Political Science Abstracts.
- "Religious Liberty and the Law in Botswana Today", 34 Journal of Church and State, pp. 843–862 .
- "La religion et la loi au Botswana aujourd'hui" 43 Conscience et Liberte, pp. 89–93 .
- "Extenuating Circumstances in Capital Offences in Botswana", 2 Criminal Law Forum: an International Journal, pp. 235–268.
- "Compensating the Victims of Crime in Botswana", 33 Journal of African Law, pp. 157–171 .
- "The Right to Legal Representation in Botswana", Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, pp. 211–227.
- "Religion, the Law and the State in Africa", 28 Journal of Church and State, pp. 268–287 .
- "The Right to Return Home in International Law", 21 Indian Journal of International Law', pp. 335–351.
- "The Nature and Function of Marriage Gifts in Customary African Marriages", 23 American Journal of Comparative Law, pp. 682–704 .
- "The Consul as a Defendant: His Amenability to the Jurisdiction of the Receiving State", 15 Indian Journal of International Law', pp. 333–350.
- "The International Court, Impartiality and Judges Ad Hoc", 13 Indian Journal of International Law', pp. 207–230. This article was included in J.C. Merrills, A Current Bibliography of International Law,, p. 188.
- "The Tanzania Nationalisation Laws", 3 Eastern African Law Review'', pp. 1–23 .
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