Fatoumata Dembélé Diarra

Who is Fatoumata Dembélé Diarra?

Fatoumata Dembélé Diarra is a Malian lawyer and judge. She has been a judge for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and has been a judge of the International Criminal Court since 2003.

Diarra received a Bachelor of Laws from Dakar University and a Master of Laws from the Mali École Nationale d’Administration. She is also a graduate of the École Nationale de la Magistrature in Paris.

In Mali, Diarra has been an examining magistrate, the president of the country's Assize Court, the president of the Criminal Chamber of the Bamako Appeals Court, and the national director of the Justice Department of Mali.

Prior to being elected a judge of the ICC, Diarra was a judge for the ICTY. In 2003, she was elected as one of the first judges of the ICC. Diarra's term expires in 2012. In 2009, Diarra was serving as the First Vice-President of the ICC under the president Sang-Hyun Song. Diarra is a member of the ICC's Trial Division.