A UN judge studying for a DPhil at Oxford University has been found guilty of modern slavery, witness intimidation, and immigration offences.

Mugambe was appointed to the UN's judicial roster in May 2023, three months after police were called to her address in Oxfordshire, according to her UN profile page.

United Nations judge Lydia Mugambe, 49, was accused of taking "advantage of her status" over the woman in the 'most egregious way', while she studied for a PhD in law at the University of Oxford

A United Nations judge has been convicted of forcing a young woman to work as a slave. Prosecutors said Lydia Mugambe, 49, took “advantage of her status” over her victim in the “most egregious way” by preventing her from holding down steady employment and forcing her to work as her maid and to provide childcare for free.

A United Nations judge who forced a young woman to work as her slave told police “I even have immunity”, as they arrested her at her home, bodycam footage shows. Lydia Mugambe, 49, was found to have taken “advantage of her status” over her victim in the “most egregious way”,

Justice Mugambe, 49, also a High Court judge in Uganda, was found guilty of conspiring to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law, facilitating travel with a view to exploitation, forcing someone to work, and conspiracy to intimidate a witness.

A British jury has convicted a United Nations judge of forcing a young woman to work as a slave after tricking her into coming to the U.K.

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

A United Nations judge studying at the University of Oxford “exploited and abused” a young Ugandan woman she kept as a slave in Britain.