Hon. Lady Justice Olive Kazaarwe Mukwaya, President UJOA
Hon. Lady Justice Salma Ali Hassan ,
President ZAJOA
Salma Ali Hassan, President of ZAJOA as of May 2023, joined the Bench in June 2022, prior to that she was the Director of Public Prosecutions in Zanzibar. Prior to her appointment as the DPP she had worked for the UNDP as a National Coordinator - Promoting Legal Empowerment and Access to Justice Programme.
Salma's law career started in 2002 after the establishment of the DPP's Office in Zanzibar as a result of the Constitutional Amendment which separated the functions and mandate of the DPP from the Attorney General's Office and she was the first Officer in Charge of Prosecutions and helped to formulate policies and procedures which allowed the prosecution services to be shifted from the Police to the Civilian Prosecutors (State Attorneys), before she had opened her own practice in 2010.
In 2015 Salma was appointed Commissioner for Human Rights and Good Governance, a position she held for three years leading gender, children and right to clean and safe water portfolios within the Commission.
Salma has a special interest in Human Rights, Access to Justice, and Prison Reform. She holds an LLB(Hons) from the International Islamic University, Malaysia (2001) and a Master of Management from the same University (2009).
Hon. Muktar Salat Billow , Council Member (KE)
Hon. Ingabire Sophie, Council Member (RW)
Hon. Justice Dr. Angelo Rumisha, Council Member (TZ)
