UN judge convicted of forcing worker to be slave

Published March 14, 2025 4:28pm ET



A U.N. judge from Uganda was convicted by a British jury of forcing a woman to work as a slave.

Lydia Mugambe, who was appointed as a U.N. judge of the mechanism in 2023, allegedly tricked another Ugandan woman to come to the United Kingdom and work for her as a maid and child care worker, according to prosecutors per the Associated Press.

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