“FLORENCE NDEPELE MWACHANDE MUMBA ,JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1973 AS LEGAL AID COUNSEL UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AID, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE. YOU WERE COMMISSIONED TO HOLD THE OFFICE OF INVESTIGATOR GENERAL, RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL INVESTIGATIONS ON COMPLAINTS AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY. IN 1980, YOU BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN IN ZAMBIA TO BE APPOINTED HIGH COURT JUDGE, AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF LEGAL PRACTICE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AID. AS A JUDGE, YOU HANDLED LITIGATION IN CIVIL, CRIMINAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW. WHEREBY, YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN ENCOURAGING OTHER COUNTRIES IN AFRICA TO ESTABLISH OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTIONS TO ENHANCE DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE. LATER ON, YOU WERE ELECTED AS DIRECTOR ON THE BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTE IN 1992. IN THAT SAME YEAR, AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN, YOU PARTICIPATED IN DRAFTING A RESOLUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO HAVE RAPE INCLUDED AS A WAR CRIME IN THE JURISDICTION OF WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS. FROM 1994 TO 1996, YOU SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTE BOARD AND ALSO SERVED AS A LEGAL EXPERT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT. YOU WERE PART OF THE TEAM THAT HELPED DRAFT LEGISLATION FOR THE INSTITUTION OF OMBUDSMAN FOR GAMBIA IN 1993. WHEREBY, IN JULY 1997, YOU WERE APPOINTED SUPREME COURT JUDGE AND WAS ELECTED JUDGE OF THE APPEALS CHAMBER FOR THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL, TO ADJUDICATE ON ATROCITIES COMMITTED BOTH IN YUGOSLAVIA AND RWANDA. YOU SERVED IN THAT PORTFOLIO FROM THE 17TH OF NOVEMBER, 2003 TO 2005. IN 2008, YOU WERE APPOINTED CHAIRPERSON OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA AND SERVED UP TO 2010. IN NOVEMBER 2020, YOU AND PHILLIPE SANDS, CHAIRED A PANEL OF INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS, AND DRAFTED A PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL LAW CRIMINALISING ECOCIDE (THE DESTRUCTION OF ECOSYSTEMS). YOU SERVED FOR A PERIOD OF 37 YEARS OF UNBROKEN SERVICE. WHEREBY, IN APRIL 2023, YOU WERE AWARDED THE JESSUP ALUMNI AWARD, AN AWARD ESTABLISHED TO HONOUR A JESSUP ALUMNUS EACH YEAR WHO HAS AN IMPACT ON THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND IS A VISIONARY LEADER, WITH A COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND RULE OF LAW. YOUR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS SPAN MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF YOUR DEDICATED LEGAL PROFESSIONAL CAREER WHICH HAS BROUGHT HONOUR TO THE COUNTRY. YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN INVITED TO SERVE AS A THIRD MEMBER OF THE BENCH IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND AND JOINS JUDGE JULIA SEBUTINDE AND JUDGE RONNY ABRAHAM OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. YOUR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IS WORTHY OF SPECIAL”
| Gender | Female |
| Province | — |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 679 |
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| Gazette Date | — |
| Posthumous | No |
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