Florence Mumba

Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba (born in Mazabuka, Zambia in 1948), commonly referred to as Florence Mumba, is a Zambian judge who served in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, also known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal or the Cambodia Tribunal.

She has also previously served as a judge in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Supreme Court of Zambia.

Background and education She was born in 1948 in Mazabuka District in the Southern Province of Zambia. She graduated from the University of Zambia, School of Law in 1972 with a Bachelor of Laws.

Career in Zambia In 1973, she went into private practice in Zambia, serving in that capacity until 1980. In October of that year, she was appointed as a High Court Judge in Zambia, being the first woman to serve in that role. She represented Zambia at the Conference on Women in 1985 and at the African Regional Conference on Women in 1994.

In 1989, she was appointed to ombudsman. She was then appointed to the Supreme Court of Zambia in 1997. and later as a full-time judge of Supreme Court Chamber of ECCC.