Kéba Mbaye

Kéba Mbaye (born August 5, 1924 in Kaolack , Senegal , † January 11, 2007 in Dakar ) was a Senegalese lawyer ( judge ) and sports official.

Mbaye went to school in Dakar and studied law. He became a judge and president of the Senegalese Supreme Court. From 1982 to 1991 he was a judge and from 1987 to 1991 Vice-President of the International Court of Justice in The Hague , where he also served as an ad hoc judge on several cases.

From 1973 he was a member of the International Olympic Committee , from 1988 to 1992 and again from 1998 to 2002 as its vice-president. He also served as President of the International Sports Court from 1983 and as Chairman of the IOC Ethics Committee from 1999.

Mbaye was the author of several legal books.

Works

• Black Africa (Law)
• Family Law in Black Africa and Madagascar
• The Realities of the Black World and Human Rights

Web links

• Portrait. Contemporary Africa Database, archived from the original on March 12, 2007 ; Retrieved March 3, 2013 . 
• Portrait. World Political Forum, archived from the original on September 28, 2007 ; Retrieved March 3, 2013 . 
• Portrait. Kéba Mbaye Foundation, archived from the original on January 15, 2011 ; Retrieved March 3, 2013 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
-	President of the International Sports Court 1983–2007	Mino Auletta