Judge Julia Sebutinde, who voted against all interim rulings against Israel given by a UN top court in connection with a South African complaint over the Gaza genocide, has been cut off from Uganda.
“Justice Sebutinde ruling at the ICJ (the International Court of Justice) does not represent the Government of Uganda’s position on the situation in Palestine,” Uganda’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Adonia Ayebare, wrote on X. “Uganda’s support for the plight of the Palestinian people has been expressed through our voting pattern at the United Nations.”
Sebutinde abstained from voting on all six of the ICJ’s propositions. She is currently receiving backlash for her vote from people all around the world, with some social media users saying Ugandans should be ashamed.
“Julia Sebutinde is a disgrace to all of us in Africa, more especially African women. She demonstrated that she is nothing else, but a paid-up agent of the criminal Zionist Entity of Israel,” wrote another.
Sebutinde was the only judge to rule against Israel’s emergency orders.
Nevertheless, the UN court ordered Israel to take all necessary actions to prevent genocide within the embattled enclave, regardless of her verdict.
