Phoebe Okowa
Phoebe Nyawade Okowa | |
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| Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
| Assumed office 12 November 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Abdulqawi Yusuf |
| Member of the United Nations International Law Commission | |
| In office 2023–2027 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1, 1965 Kericho, Kenya |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Legal Academic, Author |
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H.E. Phoebe Nyawade Okowa is a Kenyan lawyer and Professor of Public International Law and Director of Graduate Studies at Queen Mary University of London. She has served as a judge of the International Court of Justice since November 2025.
An advocate of the High Court of Kenya, she has acted as counsel and consultant to governments and non-governmental organisations on questions of international law before domestic and international courts including the International Court of Justice. In 2016, she was appointed by Kenya to be a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague from 2017 to 2022. In 2021, she was elected as a member of the International Law Commission from 2023 to 2027.