Marie "Mame" Bassine Niang (1951 - September 27, 2013) was a Senegalese lawyer.

Biography

Born into a Muslim family in 1951 in Tambacounda, Senegal, Mame Bassin Niang studied law in France at the French commune of Aix-en-Provence. After her studies, she returned to Senegal to become the first black woman lawyer at the Dakar Bar in 1975.[1]

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.[2]

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).[3] She was High Commissioner for Human Rights under the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade. She died on September 27, 2013, in Dakar following a long illness at the age of 62.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Décès de Me Mame Bassine Niang : Koumpentoum pleure "sa grande royale"".
  2. ↑ "DECES DE ME MAME BASSINE NIANG : Une icône des droits de l'Homme tire sa révérence". EnQuete+. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  3. ↑ "Sénégal : Disparition de Mame Bassine Niang, première avocate du pays". KOACI. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  4. ↑ "Décès de Me Mame Bassine Niang, ce matin à Dakar". www.samatele.com. Samatele.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  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.
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