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Delphine Djiraïbé Kemneloum (born December 1, 1960 in Koumra , Chad ) is a Chadian lawyer and human rights activist. She is co-founder of the Association Tchadienne pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l'Homme , in 2004 she received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for her work.

Life

education

Delphine Djiraïbé Kemneloum was born on December 1, 1960 as one of ten children in the southern Chadian city of Koumra . Her father was a soldier. She first attended Catholic nuns' schools in Koumra until her father was transferred to Moundou , where she finished her education. The Chadian civil war interrupted her schooling in 1978, but she subsequently passed her baccalaureate in 1982. Djiraïbé fled the regime of Hissène Habré to relatives in Brazzaville in Congo . There she completed a law degree at the Université Marien Ngouabi until 1989 .

Since Djiraïbé had no financial means, she had to return to Chad in December 1989. She started working in public administration but was stunned by the widespread corruption. Because of the criticism she has expressed, she is said to have already been observed by the secret police Direction de la Documentation et de la Securité (DDS). When the dictatorship of Chadian head of state Hissène Habré was overthrown after a rebellion by Idriss Déby in 1990, Djiraïbé was not arrested.

After the Habrés case and the associated liberalization, Djiraïbé began to get involved and on June 16, 1991 founded the Association Tchadienne pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (Chadian Association for the Dissemination and Defense of Human Rights, ATPDH for short). Djiraïbé was elected chairman but later resigned and her friend and colleague Jacqueline Moudeina took over the chairmanship of the ATPDH.

Human rights work

Delphine Djiraïbé's work is primarily based on the income from the Chadian-Cameroonian oil development project financed by the World Bank . She demands that this income should primarily benefit the local population instead of the Chadian military. She also criticized the fact that the oil project tended to impoverish the population and that the income from it was a reason for the Chadian civil war that lasted from 2005 to 2010 .

According to the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights , Djiraïbé's activism motivated the Chadian government to launch a public relations campaign against them. In 2008, when head of state Idriss Déby had numerous critics and opposition figures arrested, it was only through a campaign from abroad that Djiraïbé was able to travel to Paris.

Djiraïbé is considered a critic of the African Union and its predecessor organization, the Organization for African Unity . She describes the organization as "irrelevant" and as a "private friends club". She also supported an indictment against former President Habré.

recognition

In 2005 the Robert F. Kennedy Center honored Delphine Djiraïbé with the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award . Above all, the organization praised their efforts to fight for the human rights of the Chadian people, despite the very high risk for themselves and their families.

The French-language weekly magazine Jeune Afrique listed Djiraïbé in 2009 as one of 100 Africans who fought for change on the continent.

In 2014, the French ambassador to Chad, Evelyne Decorps, Delphine Djiraïbé awarded the French National Order of Merit Ordre national du Mérite with the rank of an officer.

Private

Djiraïbé has one child.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Delphine Djiraibe. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, 2004, accessed January 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Jeremy Rich: Kemneloum Djiraibé, Delphine . In: Emmanuel K. Akyeampong and Henry Louis Gates, Jr (Eds.): Dictionary of African Biography . tape 3 . Oxford Press, Oxford 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5 , pp. 331 f .
  3. ↑ Delphine Djiraibe: Chad's challenges. In: Aljazeera.com. October 5, 2010, accessed January 3, 2019 .
  4. ^ Chad's long road to independence. In: Aljazeera.com. November 12, 2010, accessed January 3, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Norimitsu Onishi: African Bloc Hoping to Do Better as the 'African Union' . In: The New York Times . July 12, 2001, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed January 3, 2019]).
  6. ^ Norimitsu Onishi: An African Dictator Faces Trial in His Place of Refuge . In: The New York Times . March 1, 2000, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed January 3, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Leaders et Décideurs. In: JeuneAfrique.com. January 20, 2009, accessed on January 3, 2019 : “Cette avocate et inlassable militante des droits de l'homme a l'obstination de ceux qui prêchent dans le désert. En 2009, sera-t-elle entendue? Quoi qu'il en soit, elle maintiendra le même cap et le même discours. «Depuis plus de quarante ans, le Tchad vit au rythme des prises de pouvoir par la force. Pour mettre un terme à cette instabilité chronique, il faut organiser un dialogue national associant la société civile et tous les acteurs de la crise. "Voix posée et visage serein, Delphine Djiraibe n'est pas près de baisser les bras."
  8. ↑ Ordre national du Mérite - Reception en l'honneur de Mme Djiraïbé - 05.11.2014. Ambassade de France à N'Djaména, November 5, 2014, accessed on January 6, 2019 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Djiraïbé Kemneloum, dolphins
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Djiraïbé, dolphins
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chadian lawyer and human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Koumra , Chad