Thérèse Striggner Scott

Thérèse Eppie Striggner Scott (29 October 1932 – 5 September 2021) was a Ghanaian lawyer and diplomat who served as a Judge on the High Court of Ghana, the High Court of Zimbabwe and as Ambassador of Ghana to France and Italy.

Career Striggner Scott was called to the bar in Middle Temple, United Kingdom. She worked as a barrister in Accra, where she was principal partner of a legal consulting firm.

Striggner Scott served on Ghana's High Court until 1994 and later ambassador to Italy. She was also Ghana's ambassador to UNESCO and served as a member of UNESCO's Legal Commission.

In 2004, Striggner Scott was appointed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the five-member International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur.

Personal life In August 1961 Striggner Scott married her first husband, Emmanuel Kodjoe Dadzie, who at the time was head of the legal department at Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and who some months later was appointed Ambassador to Romania. Their daughter Geta (Georgetta) was born in 1962, and Striggner Scott also mothered Dadzie's other children, Yasmin, Stella, Barry, and Gary.