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          Akua Kuenyehia

          Ghanaian judge

          Akua Kuenyehia (born 1947) is a Ghanaian academic and lawyer who served as judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2003 to 2015.

          She also served as First Vice-president of the Court.[1] She was one of the three female African judges at the ICC.

          Kuenyehia represented Ghana on the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) committee in 2003 and worked hard to contribute to its reputation and influence.

          Kuenyehia is an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College.[2]

          She is a member of the Crimes Against Humanity InitiativeAdvisory Council, a project of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law in St.

          Louis to establish the world's first treaty on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.

          Education and early career

          Kuenyehia was educated at Achimota School, University of Ghana and Somerville College, Oxfor