Adama Dieng (born 22 May 1950,
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
) is a former UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and former board member of the
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
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and a former registrar of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
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. He was designated an expert on human rights in Sudan on November 12, 2021 by the UN.
Life and career
Adama Dieng holds degrees in law from
Dakar University
Cheikh Anta Diop University (french: Université Cheikh Anta Diop or UCAD), also known as the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh ...
(CFPA) and in
international law
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from the Research Centre of
The Hague Academy of International Law
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. His legal career started in Senegal where he held several positions before becoming registrar of
Supreme Court of Senegal and, from 1976 to 1982, personal assistant to its president. He then served as Legal Officer of Africa for the
International Commission of Jurists
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is an international human rights non-governmental organization. It is a standing group of 60 eminent jurists—including senior judges, attorneys and academics—who work to develop national and inte ...
from 1982 to 1989, Executive Secretary (1989-1990) and Secretary-General from October 1990 to May 2000.
UN Secretary-General
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The role of the secretary-ge ...
Kofi Annan
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appointed him in January 2001 as the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He has worked as a consultant for many international organizations including
UNITAR
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, the
Organisation of African Unity
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, the
Ford Foundation
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,
UNESCO
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, the
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
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, the
United Nations
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and the
International Committee of the Red Cross
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. He is a council member of the
Observatoire Panafricain de la Démocratie, a member of the executive committee of
Africa Leadership Forum
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The primary focus of ALF is to help improve the current quality of leadership in Africa while at the same tim ...
and a board member of the
International Institute of Human Rights
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. Dieng, a Muslim, strongly criticized the
Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
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, saying, among other things, that it introduced "intolerable discrimination against both non-Muslims and women".
On 17 July 2012,
UN Secretary-General
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The role of the secretary-ge ...
Ban Ki-moon
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appointed him the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide.
Some publications
* L'Organisation internationale du travail et la justice sociale
* The Quest Forward - which way forward for Africa
* Democracy and the Rule of Law
* The Role of Lawyers and Judges on the International Stage
* Nature of Conflicts
* The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
* New trends in Human Rights and Corruption in Africa
References
External links
Entry on the IDEA Homepage
1950 births
Living people
20th-century Senegalese lawyers
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda officials
Place of birth missing (living people)
Cheikh Anta Diop University alumni
Senegalese officials of the United Nations
Senegalese Muslims
21st-century Senegalese lawyers
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