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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

  1. ^ "Sénégal : Disparition de Mame Bassine Niang, première avocate du pays". KOACI. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  2. ^ "Décès de Me Mame Bassine Niang : Koumpentoum pleure "sa grande royale"". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "DECES DE ME MAME BASSINE NIANG : Une icône des droits de l'Homme tire sa révérence". EnQuete+. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  4. ^ "Décès de Me Mame Bassine Niang, ce matin à Dakar". www.samatele.com. Samatele.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ "Décès de l'ancien haut commissariat aux droits de l'homme : Mame Bassine Niang inhumée ce samedi à Touba". www.actu24.net. Actu24. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-11-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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