Sanji Mmasenono Monageng

Sanji Mmasenono Monageng is an international lawyer and jurist from Botswana who served as a judge of the International Criminal Court from 2009 to 2018.

Career

Monageng is a national of Botswana. She became a judge in Botswana in 1989. In 2003, Monageng was elected as a Commissioner in the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, which is an organ of the African Union. In November 2006, she attended the meeting for The Yogyakarta Principles held in Gadjah Mada University.
In 2007 she became the chairperson of the commission.

International Criminal Court

In 2009, Monageng was elected a judge of the ICC by the court's Assembly of States Parties. Her nine-year non-renewable term expires in 2018.
When Monageng was elected to the ICC in 2009, she was assigned to sit in the Pre-Trial Chamber of the Court. Mongaeng remained in the Pre-Trial Chamber until 2012. After serving in the Pre-Trial Chamber, Monageng started working in the Appeals Division in 2012. She was promoted to President of the Appeals Division in 2014.
Between 2012 and 2015, she served as First Vice-president of the Court for a term of three years.

High Courts

At the time she was elected as a judge of the ICC, Monageng was also acting as a judge of the High Court of The Gambia and as a judge of the High Court of Swaziland. She was acting in these positions pursuant to the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation Programme.

World Trade Organisation

Monageng is a panel member representing Botswana in the of the World Trade Organisation

Honors

On 30 September 2013, Monageng received the Presidential Order of Honor from President Ian Khama. In 2014, Monageng was given the Human Rights Award by the International Association of Women Judges.