Adama Dieng
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Adama Dieng (born May 22, 1950 in Senegal ) is a former board member of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and a former agent of the International Criminal Court for Rwanda (ICTR).
Since 2012 he has been the UN Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide .
Life
Adama Dieng studied law at the University of Dakar (CFPA) and international law at the Research Institute of the Academy of International Law in The Hague . He began his career in Senegal, where he held various positions before becoming a member of the Senegalese Constitutional Court and, from 1976 to 1982, personal assistant to its presiding judge. From 1982 to 1989 he was a representative for Africa of the International Commission of Jurists , from 1989 to 1990 its managing director and general secretary from October 1990 until May 2000. UN - Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed him in January 2001 regarding the representative of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He has worked as a consultant for several international organizations, including UNITAR , the Organization for African Unity , the Ford Foundation , UNESCO , the "Organization internationale de la Francophonie", the United Nations and the Red Cross . Dieng is a council member of the Observatoire Panafricain de la Démocratie, a member of the Africa Leadership Forum and a board member of the International Institute of Human Rights .
Web links
- Entry on the IDEA homepage
- Entry in the "Contemporary Africa Database" ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG )
Individual evidence
- ↑ United Nations: Adama Dieng. Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. Retrieved January 18, 2020 (American English).
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| SURNAME | Dieng, Adama |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Senegalese lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Senegal |