Judge Khalida Rachid Khan (Pakistan) has been elected president of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) effective from 27 May 2011 for a period of two years. Judge Khan has been vice-president of the Tanzania-based tribunal since May 2007.
She replaces Judge Dennis Byron (St. Kitts and Nevis) whose tour of duty expires on 26 May 2011.
Judge Khan has been a judge at the tribunal that tries Rwandan genocide suspects since August 2003. Prior to joining the tribunal, she served as a Senior Puisine Judge on the High Court of Peshawar where she was the first Pakistan woman ever appointed to that position.
She began her career as a civil judge in 1974 and later became Solicitor to the Government of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. She was also the first woman to be appointed as Sessions Judge in
the Indian subcontinent.
Source: ICTR Press
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