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Her professional career focused on the defense of human rights in a context of restricted freedom of thought. Her commitment led her to create the Organisation nationale des droits de l’Homme du Sénégal (ONDH) (english: National Organization for Human Rights of Senegal) of which she was the first president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.enqueteplus.com/content/deces-de-me-mame-bassine-niang-une-ic%C3%B4ne-des-droits-de-l%E2%80%99homme-tire-sa-r%C3%A9v%C3%A9rence|title=DECES DE ME MAME BASSINE NIANG : Une icône des droits de l’Homme tire sa révérence|website=EnQuete+|language=en|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref> |
Her professional career focused on the defense of human rights in a context of restricted freedom of thought. Her commitment led her to create the Organisation nationale des droits de l’Homme du Sénégal (ONDH) (english: National Organization for Human Rights of Senegal) of which she was the first president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.enqueteplus.com/content/deces-de-me-mame-bassine-niang-une-ic%C3%B4ne-des-droits-de-l%E2%80%99homme-tire-sa-r%C3%A9v%C3%A9rence|title=DECES DE ME MAME BASSINE NIANG : Une icône des droits de l’Homme tire sa révérence|website=EnQuete+|language=en|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref> |
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She was High Commissioner for Human Rights under the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade. She died September 27, 2013 following a long illness at the age of 62 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http://www.samatele.com/deces-de-me-mame-bassine-niang-ce-matin-a-dakar/|title=Wikiwix's cache|website=archive.wikiwix.com|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http://www.actu24.net/societe/article/deces-de-l-ancien-haut|title=Wikiwix's cache|website=archive.wikiwix.com|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref> |
Considered as a feminist icon and concerned by the issue of women's emancipation, she was one of the founding members of the Association des juristes sénégalaises (AJS) (english: Association of Senegalese Jurists). She was at the point the Vice President of the Fondation internationale des femmes juriste (IFAD), (English: International Foundation of Women Lawyers). She was High Commissioner for Human Rights under the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade. She died September 27, 2013 following a long illness at the age of 62 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http://www.samatele.com/deces-de-me-mame-bassine-niang-ce-matin-a-dakar/|title=Wikiwix's cache|website=archive.wikiwix.com|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http://www.actu24.net/societe/article/deces-de-l-ancien-haut|title=Wikiwix's cache|website=archive.wikiwix.com|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref> |
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Marie "Mame" Bassine Niang (born in 1951 in Tambacounda and died in Dakar on September 27, 2013) is a Senegalese lawyer, known to be one of the founding members of the Association of Senegalese Jurists (AJS) and the Vice-President of the Foundation International Women Lawyers (IFAD).[1]
Biography
Born into a Muslim family in 1951 in Senegal, Mame Bassin Niang studied law in France at the French commune of Aix-en-Provence. After her studies, she then returned to Senegal to became the first black woman lawyer at the Dakar Bar in 1975.[2]
Her professional career focused on the defense of human rights in a context of restricted freedom of thought. Her commitment led her to create the Organisation nationale des droits de l’Homme du Sénégal (ONDH) (english: National Organization for Human Rights of Senegal) of which she was the first president.[3]
Considered as a feminist icon and concerned by the issue of women's emancipation, she was one of the founding members of the Association des juristes sénégalaises (AJS) (english: Association of Senegalese Jurists). She was at the point the Vice President of the Fondation internationale des femmes juriste (IFAD), (English: International Foundation of Women Lawyers). She was High Commissioner for Human Rights under the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade. She died September 27, 2013 following a long illness at the age of 62 years.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Sénégal : Disparition de Mame Bassine Niang, première avocate du pays". KOACI. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ "Décès de Me Mame Bassine Niang : Koumpentoum pleure "sa grande royale"".
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- ^ "Wikiwix's cache". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
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