Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko
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Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko (born 27 November 1941) is a Judge of the International Criminal Court from Uganda. He holds the position of President of the Appeals Chamber.

Education

  • 1968 Bachelor of Laws
    Bachelor of Laws
    The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...

     (LL.B), University of East Africa
    University of East Africa
    The University of East Africa was established in 1963 and served Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The University was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London. In 1970 it was split into three independent universities which are now:*University of Nairobi...

    , Dar es Salaam
    Dar es Salaam
    Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ...

    , Tanzania
    Tanzania
    The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

  • 1970 Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.), Howard University
    Howard University
    Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...

  • 1971 Master of Laws
    Master of Laws
    The Master of Laws is an advanced academic degree, pursued by those holding a professional law degree, and is commonly abbreviated LL.M. from its Latin name, Legum Magister. The University of Oxford names its taught masters of laws B.C.L...

     (LL.M), New York University School of Law
    New York University School of Law
    The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....

    , New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

    , United States of America
  • 1972 Certificate in International Law
    International law
    Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...

    , Hague Academy of International Law
    Hague Academy of International Law
    The Hague Academy of International Law is a center for high-level education in both public and private international law housed in the Peace Palace in The Hague, The Netherlands...

  • 1973 - 1975 Doctor of Juridical Science
    Doctor of Juridical Science
    Doctor of Juridical Science, Doctor of the Science of Law, Scientiae Juridicae Doctor , abbreviated J.S.D. or S.J.D., is a research doctorate in law and equivalent to the PhD It is offered primarily in the United States, where it originated, and in Canada...

     (J.S.D.), 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
    Uganda
    Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

  • 2007 Included on the List of Counsel who are eligible for appointment to represent accused or victims before the International Criminal Court.

Work history

  • 1968 Pupil Advocate
    Advocate
    An advocate is a term for a professional lawyer used in several different legal systems. These include Scotland, South Africa, India, Scandinavian jurisdictions, Israel, and the British Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man...

     with Kiwanuka & Co., Advocates, Kampala
    Kampala
    Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen...

    , Uganda
    Uganda
    Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

  • 1971 - 1975 Lecturer in Law
    Law
    Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

    , Makerere University
    Makerere University
    Makerere University , Uganda's largest and second-oldest higher institution of learning, , was first established as a technical school in 1922. In 1963 it became the University of East Africa, offering courses leading to general degrees from the University of London...

    , 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
    United Nations
    The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

     Centre for Development and Humanitarian Affairs, New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

    , New York
  • 1983 - 1984 Expert Consultant
    Consultant
    A consultant is a professional who provides professional or expert advice in a particular area such as management, accountancy, the environment, entertainment, technology, law , human resources, marketing, emergency management, food production, medicine, finance, life management, economics, public...

    , 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
    University of Botswana
    The University of Botswana, or UB was established in 1982 as the first institution of higher education in Botswana. The university has four campuses: two in the capital city Gaborone, one in Francistown, and another in Maun. The university is divided into six faculties: Business, Education,...

  • 1992 - 1996 Associate Professor of Law, University of Botswana
  • 1993 - 1994 Walter S. Owen Visiting Professor of Law, University of British Columbia
    University of British Columbia
    The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

    , Faculty of Law, Vancouver
    Vancouver
    Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

    , Canada
  • 1996–present Professor
    Professor
    A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

     of Law, University of Botswana, Gaborone
    Gaborone
    ' is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 191,776 based on a 2006 survey, about 10% of the total population of Botswana....


Books

  • Criminal Law and Procedure in Botswana (Kluwer Law International Publishers, Deventer, Netherlands, 2007) - forthcoming.
  • With K. Solo, Legal Ethics in Botswana: Cases and Materials (University of Botswana, Department of Law, Private Bag 0022 Gaborone. 2004. ISBN 99912-949-5-3) [448 pages]
  • "Constitutional Law in Botswana", International Encyclopaedia of Laws (Kluwer International Publishers, Deventer, Netherlands. 2002. ISBN 90 6544 9442 and ISBN 90K 330 022X). Republished by Pula Press, Gaborone, Botswana, 2002. ISBN 999-61-97-4) [323 pages]
  • Criminal Procedure in Botswana: Cases and Materials (3rd) (Pula Press, Gaborone, 2002, ISBN 99912-61-61-3). [506 pages]
  • "Criminal Law and Procedure in Uganda" (in the International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Prof. Dr. L. Dupont and Prof. Dr. C. Fijnaut of Leuven University (eds.), Kluwer Law International Publishers, Deventer, Netherlands. 1996. ISBN 900 T 337 0085). [329 pages]
  • Eddembe Lyaffe [a treatise written in the Luganda language, literally meaning "Our Rights"; it discusses various aspects of human rights and has four appendices which are translations of key United Nations human rights instruments], (Nabinene Emporium Ltd., P.O. Box 3675 Kampala, Uganda. 1995). Published with the assistance of the Danish Agency for International Development (DANIDA). [201 pages]
  • English - Luganda Law Dictionary (University of Botswana. 1993. ISBN 99912-0-082-7). (Indexed in The African Book Publishing Record, West Sussex, England, 1994). [149 pages]
  • Antigone: a Greek Play by Sophocles (a translation into the Luganda language. Marianum Press, Kampala, Uganda. 1989). [63 pages]

Mimeographs

  • The International Protection of Refugees (Doctoral dissertation submitted to New York University School of Law, 1975). [379 pages]
  • Police Powers and the Rights of the Individual in Uganda (Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1973). [134 pages]

Chapters in books

  • "Sentencing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia", in Andre Klip and Goran Sluiter (eds), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, Vol. XV (Intersentia, Antwerp, 2007) - forthcoming.
  • "Participation in Crime in Botswana" in Ulrich Sieber (ed.) 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 (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The Special Court for Sierra Leone, Vol. 9 (Intersentia, Antwerp, 2006. ISBN 90-5095. [at pp. 690–697]
  • "Right to Counsel" in Andre Klip and Goran Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, Vol. 8 (Intersentia, Antwerp, 2005. ISBN 90-5095-397-2). [at pp. 375–386]
  • "Forcible Transfer of Children" in Shelton, Dinah (ed.) Encyclopaedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, 3 vols. (Detroit, Mich: Macmillan Reference, United States of America, 2005. ISBN 0028658477). [at pp. 370–376]
  • ("The Indictment", in Andre Klip and Goran Sluiter (eds), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Vol. 6 (Intersentia, Antwerp, 2003. ISBN 90-5095-319-0). [at pp. 49 – 58]
  • "Preliminary Matters: the Indictment", in Andre Klip and Goran Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, Vol. IV (Intersentia, Antwerp, 2002. ISBN 90-5095-213-5). [at pp. 58–68]
  • "Social Change and Organised Crime in Southern Africa", in Apollo Rwomire (ed.), Social Problems in Africa (Praeger Publishers, Westport, Connecticut., United States of America, 2001. ISBN 0-275-96343-8). [at pp. 209–228]
  • "The African Great Lakes Region and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda", in ELSA (eds.), International Law as we Enter the 21st Century (Berlin Verlag Arno Spitz GmbH, 2001. ISBN 3-8305-0249-4). [at pp. 73–85]
  • "The Implementation of the ICC Statute within the Southern African Community (SADC)", in Claus Kress & Flavia Lattanzi (eds.), The Rome Statute and Domestic Legal Orders, Volume I: General Aspects and Constitutional Issues (il Sirente
    Il Sirente
    Editrice il Sirente is an Italian book publisher with specialisms in arabic fiction and comics, investigation, actuality and international law. .The company was founded in 1998...

    , Fagnano Alto
    Fagnano Alto
    Fagnano Alto is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy....

    /Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2000. ISBN 88-8784-00-2). [at pp. 169–182]
  • "Preliminary Rulings Regarding Admissibility", in Otto Triffterer (ed.), Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Baden-Baden, Germany, 1999. ISBN 3-7890-6173-5). [at pp. 395–404]
  • "Genocide: A Crime Against Mankind", in Gabrielle Kirk McDonald and Olivia Swak-Goldman (eds.), The Law and Enforcement of International Offences – The Experience of International and National Courts (Kluwer Law International, The Hague, Netherlands, 1999. ISBN 90-411-1133-6). [at pp. 113–140]
  • "Controlling Executive Power in Southern Africa: the Role of the Courts and Administrative Tribunals", in Hugh Corder and Tiyanjana Maluwa (eds.), Administrative Justice in Southern Africa (University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 1997. ISBN 0-7992-1892-8). [at pp. 95–116]
  • "Reparations in the Criminal Law: the Case of Uganda", in Albin Eser and Susanne Walther Wiedergutmachung im Strafrecht: Internationale Perspektiven (edition iuserim, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany, 1997. ISBN 3-86113-971-5). [at pp. 319–354]
  • "Issues of Implementation and Co-ordination", with Roger Clark, in Yael Danieli, Nigel Rodley and Lars Weisaeth (eds.) International Responses to Traumatic Stress (Baywood Publishing Company, Amityville, N.Y., 1995. ISBN 0-89503-132-9). [at pp. 425–437]
  • "Victims of Crime and their Rights", in T.M. Mushanga (ed.) Criminology in Africa, (United Nations International Crime and Justice Research Institute, Rome, 1992. ISBN 92-9078-021-6). [at pp. 21–42]
  • "The Rights of Children in Botswana", in The Rights of the Child (Initiative Ltd., Nairobi 1989. ISBN 9966-42-001-0). [at pp. 25–31]
  • "Human Rights: A Legal Perspective", in D. Rubadiri (ed.), Human Rights and You, (Macmillan Botswana Ltd. 1989. ISBN 0-333-52364-4). [at pp. 11–16]
  • "Arbitrary Deprivation of Life: Controls on Permissible Deprivations", in B.G. Ramcharan (ed.) The Right to Life in International Law, (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Netherlands, 1985. ISBN 90-247-3074-0). [at pp. 245–283]

Book review

  • Review of D. Dyzenhaus, Hard Cases in Wicked Legal Systems: South African Law in the Perspective of Legal Philosophy (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1991) 28 Canadian Journal of African Studies 150-153 (1994).

Articles in internationally peer-reviewed journals

  • "Bringing Aggressors to Justice: From Nuremberg to Rome" 4 University of Botswana Law Journal, pp. 4–32 (2005).
  • "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 (2005).
  • "Prosecutorial Discretion before National Courts and International Tribunals", 2 Journal of International Criminal Justice, pp. 124–144 (2005).
  • "Triggering the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court", 4 African Human Rights Law Journal
    African Human Rights Law Journal
    The African Human Rights Law Journal publishes peer-reviewed contributions dealing with human rights related topics of relevance to Africa, Africans, and scholars of Africa. The journal appears twice a year, in March and October.- Indexing :...

     pp. 256–274 (2004).
  • "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 (2003) (University of Cape Town, South Africa).
  • "Aggression Under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court" 71 The Nordic Journal of International Law, pp. 497–521 (2002).
  • "The Ethical Obligations of Counsel in Criminal Proceedings: Representing an Unwilling Client", 12 Criminal Law Forum: An International Journal, pp. 487–507 (2001).
  • "Genocidal Conflict and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda", 48 Netherlands International Law Review, pp. 31–65 (2001).
  • "Minimum Sentences and their Effect on Judicial Discretion", 31 Crime, Law and Social Change: An International Journal, pp. 363–384 (1999).
  • "Crime Prevention in Southern Africa: A Legal Perspective", 32 The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 247-265 (1999).
  • "The International Criminal Court: Jurisdictional and Related Issues", 10 Criminal Law Forum: an International Journal, pp. 87–120 (1999).
  • "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 (1998/99).
  • "Indigenous Justice Systems: An Eastern African Perspective", 24 Indian Socio-Legal Journal, pp. 23–30 (1998).
  • "When Crime Crosses Borders: A Southern African Perspective", 41 Journal of African Law
    Journal of African law
    The Journal of African Law is published biannually by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the School of Oriental and African Studies . It is a peer-reviewed law review covering the laws of sub-Saharan African countries, emphasizing contemporary legal issues and issues of international and...

    , pp. 192–200 (1997) (University of London).
  • "Witchcraft as a Criminal Defence, From Uganda to Canada and Back", 24 Manitoba Law Journal, pp. 38–59 (1996) (University of Manitoba).
  • "Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia" 5 Criminal Law Forum: an International Journal, pp. 507–555 (1994). Reprinted as a chapter in Roger Clark and Madeleine Sann (eds.), The Prosecution of International Crimes (Transaction Publishers, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J., 1996. ISBN 1-56000-269-7). [at pp. 293–341]
  • "Victims of Abuse of Power, with Special Reference to Africa" 28 University of British Columbia Law Review, pp. 171–192 (1994). Reprinted in 60 The Review of the International Commission of Jurists, pp. 199–219 (1998).
  • "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 (1993). (London). Reprinted as a chapter in M. Cherif Bassiouni and Ziyad Motala (eds.), The Protection of Human Rights in African Criminal Proceedings (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. 1995). [at 83-102]
  • "The Police, Human Rights, and the Constitution: An African Perspective", 15 Human Rights Quarterly, pp. 465–484 (1993) (Johns Hopkins University Press). This article was abstracted in the 1994 International Political Science Abstracts (27 Rue Saint-Gallium, 75341 Paris Cedex 07, France).
  • "Religious Liberty and the Law in Botswana Today", 34 Journal of Church and State, pp. 843–862 (1992) (Baylor University).
  • "La religion et la loi au Botswana aujourd'hui" 43 Conscience et Liberte, pp. 89–93 (1992) (Bern, Switzerland).
  • "Extenuating Circumstances in Capital Offences in Botswana", 2 Criminal Law Forum: an International Journal, pp. 235–268 (1991).
  • "Compensating the Victims of Crime in Botswana", 33 Journal of African Law
    Journal of African law
    The Journal of African Law is published biannually by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the School of Oriental and African Studies . It is a peer-reviewed law review covering the laws of sub-Saharan African countries, emphasizing contemporary legal issues and issues of international and...

    , pp. 157–171 (1989) (University of London).
  • "The Right to Legal Representation in Botswana", (1988) Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, pp. 211–227 (Tel Aviv University).
  • "Religion, the Law and the State in Africa", 28 Journal of Church and State, pp. 268–287 (1986) (Baylor University).
  • "The Right to Return Home in International Law", 21 Indian Journal of International Law'', pp. 335–351 (1981).
  • "The Nature and Function of Marriage Gifts in Customary African Marriages", 23 American Journal of Comparative Law
    American Journal of Comparative Law
    The American Journal of Comparative Law is a quarterly law journal dedicated to comparative law. It is published by the American Society of Comparative Law....

    , pp. 682–704 (1975) (University of California).
  • "The Consul as a Defendant: His Amenability to the Jurisdiction of the Receiving State", 15 Indian Journal of International Law, pp. 333–350 (1975).
  • "The International Court, Impartiality and Judges Ad Hoc", 13 Indian Journal of International Law, pp. 207–230 (1973). This article was included in J.C. Merrills, A Current Bibliography of International Law, (Butterworths, London, 1978), p. 188.
  • "The Tanzania Nationalisation Laws", 3 Eastern African Law Review, pp. 1–23 (1970) (The University of Dar es Salaam).

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