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Chapter 05 · 2009–2025

Professional Service and Public Legacy

A career of continued learning, legal responsibility and service

Labana representing South Sudan during a workshop session in Ethiopia in 2017
Labana representing South Sudan during a workshop session in Ethiopia in 2017 · Family Archive
Continuing education became part of his public duty—a way to serve with greater competence and care.

Service and responsibility

The documentary record traces a career in public prosecution and legal service built on preparation, cooperation and accountability. Nomination and training records show increasing professional responsibility while preserving a careful boundary between verified roles and undocumented assumptions.

Wider legal horizons

Professional development included criminal-justice and legal-English training in Juba in 2014 and the United Nations Regional Course in International Law in Addis Ababa in 2017. These records show a sustained commitment to legal learning.

Final documented milestones

In 2025, Labana attended multi-agency mock trials on trafficking and migrant smuggling, a wildlife-crime training programme and a seminar on Prosecuting International Crimes in Nairobi. The May seminar was one of his final documented professional achievements.