Florence Rita Arrey

Florence Rita Arrey (born 1948) is a Cameroonian judge who was the first female President of the Court of the Appeal in Buea. She studied law at the University of Lagos, Nigeria and has a Diploma in Legal Drafting and a Certificate in International Law from the University of London.

Career Arrey was the first woman to be appointed State Counsel in Cameroon in 1974. In 2012, she was elected vice president of the ICTR and judge of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals.

In 2014, Arrey was appointed director of judicial professions in the Ministry of Justice Cameroon. She is president and founder of the Cameroon Association of Women Judges and vice president of the International Association of Women Judges.

On International Women's Day in 2011, Arrey was named one of Cameroon's 50 most influential women.

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