1. Sidiki Kaba is the keeper of the seals and the Minister of Justice of Senegal since 2013.
25 Facts About Sidiki Kaba
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Sidiki Kaba served as President of the Assembly, which operates from New York and The Hague, while continuing his functions as Minister of Justice from Dakar.
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Sidiki Kaba has dedicated his professional career to the promotion and protection of human rights, particularly on issues related to freedom of press, women's and political rights.
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Sidiki Kaba participated in the 1998 negotiations of the Rome Statute and thereafter he implemented numerous campaigns to promote the ratification of the Statute by Senegal and many other African countries.
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Sidiki Kaba is founder of numerous legal and advocacy organizations.
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Sidiki Kaba attended the regional elementary school of Tambacounda, Senegal, and the Lycee Van Volhonoven in Dakar, graduating in 1972.
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Sidiki Kaba obtained three bachelor's degrees at the University of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire: in law, in philosophy and in modern literature.
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Sidiki Kaba obtained a master in business law at the University of Dakar in Senegal, and was admitted to the Bar of Senegal in 1980.
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Sidiki Kaba has worked extensively establishing organizations of human rights in Africa.
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Sidiki Kaba is since 2007, honorary president of the FIDH.
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Sidiki Kaba was the legal representative in communications concerning the case of Ely Ould Dah v Mauritania.
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Sidiki Kaba has contributed to the training of human rights activists from Colombia, Nicaragua, United States, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Israel, Morocco, Zimbabwe and Chad.
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Sidiki Kaba has served as consultant for the UNDP, UNICEF, the NGO Tostan and the Bar of Lome, Togo.
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Sidiki Kaba served as observer for the International Commission of Jurists for the electoral processes in Madagascar, Guinea, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Mali, Niger, Benin and Senegal.
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Sidiki Kaba was appointed Minister of Justice of Senegal in 2013 by then Prime Minister Aminata Toure.
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Sidiki Kaba has authority over penitentiary administration and functions as Vice-President of the Superior Council of the Magistrature.
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Sidiki Kaba is in charge with the establishment of the specialized Chambers and of overseeing the trial against Hissene Habre, the former dictator from Chad, and of the trial of the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade, Karim Wade on embezzlement charges.
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Sidiki Kaba was elected President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 8 December 2014.
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Sidiki Kaba's mandate ran from the thirteenth to the sixteenth session of the Assembly, from 2014 until December 2017.
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Sidiki Kaba succeeded Tiina Intelmann, who held this position since December 2011, and was succeeded by O-Gon Kwon.
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Sidiki Kaba was granted the titles of Chevalier of the National Order of the Lion of Senegal, Officer of the Legion of Honor of France, and Chevalier of the National Order of Mali.
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Sidiki Kaba is Laureate of the Prize for the Promotion of the Culture of Democracy in Africa, and is an Honorary Citizen of Quito, Ecuador,.
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Sidiki Kaba has lectured at the Ake Loba College of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, the Human Rights and Peace Institute of the University of Dakar, Senegal and at Evry Val d'Esson University, France.
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Sidiki Kaba has published several books, including on international criminal justice and human rights in Senegal and Africa.
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On March 6,2024, Sidiki Kaba was appointed Prime Minister of Senegal.