Uganda says judge’s dissent from World Court ruling on Israel does not reflect its position
UGANDA has distanced itself from an opinion written by a Ugandan judge on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) dissenting from the panel's ruling in South Africa's genocide case against Israel and said the remarks do not reflect Uganda's position. Julia Sebutinde was the only judge on the 17-member ICJ panel to vote against all six measures adopted by the court in a ruling ordering Israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide as it fights Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. "The position taken by Judge Sebutinde is her own individual and independent opinion and does not in any way reflect the…
