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I practise/work in
  • International Alternative Dispute Resolution
If you don't practise international arbitration/international ADR, how do you promote it in Africa?
I practise international ADR and thus promote it in Africa.
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Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Dr)
Mrs
How you'd like your name to appear in the directory
Lady Justice Joyce Aluoch(Rtd)
Suffix
Hon.
Gender
Female
Country
Kenya
Non-African Country (Please Specify)
Kenya
Country of Birth
Kenya
Nationalities
Kenyan
If non-African, how do you promote Africans in international arbitration/ADR?
N/A
Languages
English, Kiswahili
Individual Member Profession (see note below)
  • Academic
  • Mediator/Conciliator
I have not sat as an arbitrator but hold this relevant qualification (see note below)
**Served as a Higher court of record judge in an African jurisdiction
Number of Cases as Counsel in international arbitration/ADR
20+
Number of Cases as International Mediator/Conciliator
6-20
Areas of Speciality
  • Criminal Law
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • International Commercial Disputes
  • Professional Services
  • Public International Law
  • Sport
Other Speciality (Please Specify)
Family Law and Succession
Degrees/Qualifications, Institutions and Dates Obtained
1)Masters Degree in International Affairs,Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in Boston,USA.
2)Law Degree University of Nairobi-1973
3)Post Graduate Diploma, Kenya School of Law-1974
4)Certificate of Membership of Chartered Institute of Arbitration-London-2016
5)International Chamber of Commerce(ICC), Certificate of Achievement-2015
6)Accredited Mediator, Centre for Effective Dispute-London,2017
7)Accredited Trainer for Mediation Foundation Skills-Strathmore University Dispute Resolution Centre-Kenya, 2018
List Arbitration/ADR Panels you belong to
1)Court Annexed Mediation Panel, High Court-KENYA
2)FIDA-Kenya
3)Strathmore College, Dispute Resolution Centre
4) Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration, serving in the local and international Panels of Mediation.
Professional Experience (Job Title, Organisation and Dates)
Co-founder of Aequitas Mediators (aequitascharteredmediators.com), jointly with Ms Surinder Kapila.

Previously served 9 years as Judge and Vice-President of International Criminal Court at The Hague.

Prior to that was a Judge of Court of Appeal and High Court in Kenya, having started judicial career as a Magistrate.

I have a total of 44 years as a judicial officer, from June 1974 to April 2018, when i retired from the ICC.
Biography
Lady Justice Joyce Aluoch CBS, EBS, Trailblazer, is a former Judge and First Vice-President of the International Criminal Court at The Hague in The Netherlands.
Certified International Mediator(IMI), Accredited Mediator, Certified Advanced Mediator, Chartered Mediator, Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-London, and the Kenya branch.
She holds a Master of Arts Degree (GMAP) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in Boston-USA, Law Degree from the University of Nairobi, and a Professional Certificate from the Kenya School of Law.
Upon completion of her tenure at the ICC in 2018, she successfully moved her legal profession to other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution, particularly mediation and peacebuilding. She conducts International and continental mediations, Court Annexed Mediations in Kenya, and private mediations.
In July 2022,she was appointed by Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), as a member of the Judicial Reform Committee under the Revitalized(power sharing) Agreement for the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, a country that had been in conflict for over 20 years. Her committee visited most parts of the country and produced a draft report which was subjected to a three-day validation workshop and approved. The Committee produced a final report containing recommendations for the reform of the judiciary of South Sudan. The report was handed over to HE President Salva Kiir Mayardit at state house Juba on December 20, 2024.
In January 2024, Lady Justice Aluoch was appointed a member of the jury of the Simplicemente Donna International Award and in March 2024, she was appointed to the Global Advisory Council of G100 Networking.
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-London appointed her a member of Professional Conduct Committee which investigates, and if necessary facilitates disciplinary and or expulsion of any member through an independent and impartial system of disciplinary proceedings.
She serves in many international and regional organizations. She is a co-chair of the Board of Directors of Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI), Board Member of Dialogue through Conflict Foundation, Patron, Women in Alternative Dispute Resolution-Kenya, and the immediate past member of International Advisory Board, Office of the Ombudsperson of the United Nations Funds and Programs.
She is a recipient of both International and National Awards including International Peace Award from Premio Internazionale Simplicente Donna, awarded in Florence-Italy in November 2023 in recognition of the work on judicial reforms she was conducting in the Republic of South Sudan.
In Kenya, she is a recipient of the national Awards of CBS,EBS and Trailblazer( CBS) awarded by the last three Presidents of the Republic of Kenya, for her illustrious judicial career.
Legal Background
  • Common Law
  • International Law
Qualified in (specify jurisdiction(s))
Masters Degree in International Law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA.
LLB Degree, University of Nairobi.
Proffessional Qualification Kenya School of Law
Certified International Mediator (IMI) The Hague, The Netherlands.
Accredited Mediator- Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution London
Types of agreements from which disputes in your practice most frequently arise
  • Employment
  • Insurance
  • Partnership
  • Sale of Goods
Other Agreement (Please specify)
N/A
List arbitration/ADR articles, book chapters, books and where published
Article on the Courts intervention in Arbitration was published in the newsletter of the Chartered of Arbitrator's-London.
Several articles prepared and delivered at conferences in arbitration and mediation.
Website Address
LinkedIn



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