Justice Monageng was elected under "List B" of judges who are said to have competence in relevant areas of international, humanitarian as well as human rights law at the first resumption of the seventh session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute.
The government nominated her last year citing that she possesses a high moral character, impartiality and integrity having served as a magistrate in the Republic of Botswana for over 10 years after being admitted to the Botswana Bar.
Justice Monageng served as a judge of the High Court in the Republic of Gambia between 2006 and 2008 and is currently serving as a judge of the High Court in the Kingdom of Swaziland under the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Assistance Scheme.
Seconding her, the government said: "In recognition of her immense qualities, she was nominated by the Republic of Botswana and elected by the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government to serve as a member of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights. As a member of the Commission, Justice Monageng has worked relentlessly to promote other special mechanisms of the Commission, such as the rights of refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants and women in prisons and other places of detention". She was appointed as Commissioner in the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights in July 2003.
In her capacity as the Executive Secretary of the Law Society, she represented the Botswana civil society in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) dialogues on combating corruption that were held in the sub-region. These culminated in the promulgation of the SADC protocol against Corruption and the Southern African Forum Against Corruption (SAFAC). She is one of the founder members of Transparency International, Botswana Chapter – an anti-corruption organisation that also serves as a watchdog on corruption matters.
In 2004, she was selected as one of the international judges who attended an extensive seminar organised by the Brandies University in Austria, whose theme was complementarity and cooperation between national and international courts and tribunals.
She represented the Law Society in the High Level Consultative Council where government and the private sector met to discuss policy issues of mutual interest.
Her term of office is nine years and it commences on 11 March 2009, according to the ICC.
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