Solome Bossa

Solome Bossa was born on 14 April 1956 in Nsambya Hospital, in Uganda's capital city of Kampala. Her father, Stanley Walusimbi Ssesanga, was a lawyer and her mother was a housewife. Bossa attended Ugandan schools for her primary and secondary school education. In 1976, she was admitted to Makerere University, in Kampala, to study law. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1979. She obtained a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre in Kampala. In 1987, she obtained a Certificate in Law Reporting, from the Commonwealth Youth Centre, in Lusaka, Zambia. Later, in 2016, she was awarded a Master of Laws (LLM) degree, by the University of London, specializing in Public International Law. ==Activism==

Bossa has been a human rights activist since 1980 and founded non-profit organisation including the East African Centre for Constitutional Development, the Uganda Network on HIV, AIDS, Ethics and the Law and the Uganda Law Society. ==Career==

Bossa was a lecturer at the Law Development Centre of Uganda from 1981 until 1997. She served as Judge at the Uganda High Court from 1997 until 2013. Bossa was a member of the East African Court of Justice for five years, from 2001 until 2006. She was a member of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR) from 2003 until 2013. In 2014, Bossa was one of the judges who annulled Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act for not being passed with the required quorum. She received death threats on social media. In 2017, Bossa became a nominee for the International Criminal Court and was elected later that year. == US Sanctions ==

In June 2025, she was among the 4 judges of the International Criminal Court who were sanctioned by the Trump administration. She along with her colleague, judge Ibanez Carranza, was targeted for being one of the 5 judges of the Appeals chamber that in 2020 authorized the ICC Prosecutor to continue investigating the situation in Afghanistan, including US and NATO personnel - the move which was opposed by the US. ==Other activities==

• International Commission of Jurists, Member • International Association of Women Judges, Member • East African Judges and Magistrate Association, Member • National Association of Women Judges, Member • Uganda Association of Judges and Magistrates, Member ==Personal life==

Bossa has been married to Joseph Bossa, a lawyer and Uganda People's Congress politician, since 1981. She is the mother of four children. ==Publications==