Pierre Sané

Pierre Gabriel Michel Sané (born May 7, 1949 in Dakar ) is a Senegalese international lawyer and political scientist .

Since 1977 he has worked in various development cooperation projects with a focus on the West and Central Africa region. He attempted a doctorate at Carleton University ( Ottawa ) and holds an M.Sc. in public policy and administration from the London School of Economics . He also holds an MBA from the École Supérieure de Commerce et d'Administration des Entreprises (now BEM Bordeaux Management School ) as an auditor .

His main topics are human rights policy and development. He was a founding member of the Pan-African Foundation ( PANAF ), Front Line ( Dublin ) and curator of the Henry Dunant Institute in Geneva .

In October 1992 he was appointed Secretary General of Amnesty International (ai) after joining in 1988. He led several delegations at relevant UN conferences and spoke to the UN Security Council . Before the Organization of American States ( Washington, DC ) he spoke out in favor of a moratorium on death sentences .

Major structural changes in the organization of Amnesty International took place under his leadership. He commissioned the development of strategy papers , central fund raising and crisis management, as well as evaluations .

From 2001 to 2010 he worked for UNESCO as Assistant General Director for Human Sciences.

Individual evidence

↑ Pierre Sané , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 6/2002 of January 28, 2002, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Web links

Pierre Sané's résumé at Amnesty International

personal data
SURNAME	Sané, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sané, Pierre Gabriel Michel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Senegalese international lawyer and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 7, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dakar

[1] Pierre Sané , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 6/2002 of January 28, 2002, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)