Ntyam Ondo Suzanne Mengue Zomo is a Cameroonian jurist who was elected to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights for a six-year term in 2016.
Early life and education
Mengue was born in the Vallée-du-Ntem in the South Region of Cameroon in 1954.[1] Her father was a religious minister.[1] She graduated from the National School of Administration and Magistracy in 1982.[2]
Career
Mengue worked as a deputy public prosecutor in Sangmélima and Douala between 1982 and 1987.[2] In 1990, she became President of the Court of First Instance in Yaoundé and then in 1992 Vice President of the Court of Appeal.[2][1] In 1998 she became a Counsellor of the Supreme Court of Cameroon.[2] In 2001, she was one of sixty four judges nominated as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.[3]
Mengue was President of the Administrative section of the Supreme Court from 2010 until 2015, and has been President of the Court's Commercial Section since 2015.[2][4] She has been a member of the National Commission of Human Rights and Freedoms of Cameroon since 2003,[2] where she has acted as rapporteur.[4][1]
Mengue was elected as a judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights for a six-year term in July 2016 at the African Union summit in Kigali.[4][5]
Personal life
Mengue is a member of the Association of Cameroon Female Lawyers and the Christian Women's Association of the Cameroon Presbyterian Church.[4] She is fluent in French and English.She has 6 children: 2 sons, 2 daughters and 2 step daughters[4]