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Susan Okalany
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Susan Okalany is a Ugandan lawyer and judge who sits on the High Court of Uganda. Before she was appointed to the bench, she was a principal state attorney in the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
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Everywhere in the judiciary, top management is men. Many women judges heads circuits upcountry, but as soon as you come to Kampala thinking you are going to head a division.... I am a proud deputy, but we need more.
Yet in countries like South Sudan, perpetrators remain unpunished because functioning justice system are either absent or inadequate.
This conversation is vital because it allows us to examine how states can and must be held reliable for atrocities committed within their jurisdictions.
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