Emma Garo
Emma Garo ''' is a lawyer and currently Chief Magistrate in the Solomon Islands. She was one of the first qualified women lawyers in the country.
Garo worked as a senior defense legal officer for the Public Solicitors Office in the Solomon Islands before being appointed a principal magistrate in 2007.
In 2014 Garo was appointed a resident magistrate in the island state of Nauru. When her contract was not renewed in 2017, there was some suspicion that this was due to government interference as Garo had sentenced a number of anti-government demonstrators during her tenure.
Garo has also served as a magistrate and Deputy Chief Magistrate in the Honiara Central Magistrates’ Court. In 2017 she was sworn in as the Chief Magistrate, becoming the first female Chief Magistrate in Solomon Islands.
