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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 85980, member: 27"] Kenya is throwing diplomatic weight behind Judge Phoebe Okowa to lock down a long ICJ run. Kenya backs an ICJ bid [LIST] [*]Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched Judge Phoebe Okowa’s full-term push. [*]Framed as Kenya flexing inside global courts. [*]Event staged in Nairobi with top officials present. [/LIST] Current ICJ status [LIST] [*]Judge Phoebe Okowa already sits on the International Court of Justice. [*]Landed the seat through a vacancy vote. [*]Seeking a standard nine-year stretch. [/LIST] Government messaging [LIST] [*]Korir Sing’Oei praised her legal track record. [*]Pointed to cross-regional backing for her credentials. [*]Promised continued diplomatic lobbying. [/LIST] Judge Okowa’s stance [LIST] [*]Judge Phoebe Okowa thanked Kenya and foreign missions. [*]Stressed independence and integrity at the Court. [*]Leaned on decades of international law work. [/LIST] How she got there [LIST] [*]Judge Phoebe Okowa won majorities in two UN organs. [*]Filled a slot left by Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf. [*]Marked Kenya’s first-ever ICJ placement. [/LIST] Background and credentials [LIST] [*]Judge Phoebe Okowa was born in Kericho. [*]Graduated top of her law class at the University of Nairobi. [*]Earned advanced degrees at Oxford University. [*]Teaches international law at Queen Mary University of London. [/LIST] Representation angle [LIST] [*]Judge Phoebe Okowa adds an African presence on the bench. [*]Highlighted gender balance in global justice. [*]Pitched as symbolic and strategic for Kenya. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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