Dior Fall Sow

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Elisabeth Dior Fall Sow is a Senegalese jurist and legal scholar. [1] She was the first female prosecutor in Senegal, appointed to the Republic at the Court of First Instance of Saint-Louis in 1976. [2] [3] She is honorary president of the Association of Women Jurists. [4]

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Life

In 1976 Dior Fall Sow was appointed Public Prosecutor in Saint-Louis, [1] making her Senegal's first female prosecutor. She has been National Director of Education Supervision and Social Protection, Director of Legal Affairs at Sonatel-Orange, Legal Advisor to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Principal Attorney General for the Court of Appeals of the Criminal Court of Justice of Rwanda, and Consultant for the International Criminal Court. [5]

After making a UNICEF-funded study to harmonize Senegalese law in accordance with UN conventions, Dior Fall Sow headed a team which drafted Senegal's 1999 law outlawing female genital mutilation. [6]

From 2001 to 2005 she was a member of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. [7] [8]

In 2015 she was made Honorary President of the Network of journalists in Gender and Human Rights. She retired in 2017. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 PORTRAIT: Me Dior Fall Sow, une pionnière toujours aux aguets, Thiey Dakar, 24 November 2017. Accessed 10 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Dior Fall Sow et les droits des femmes : un combat acharné". lepetitjournal.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  3. ↑ Samarew (2019-06-24). "Dior Fall Sow, 1ère femme procureure : " le jour où j'ai dit non au pouvoir "". SAMAREW INFOS (in French). Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  4. ↑ "Les violeurs ne seront plus punis par des peines qui ne sont pas dissuasives". BBC News Afrique (in French). 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  5. ↑ Dior Fall Sow, ellesolaire.org. Accessed 10 March 2020.
  6. ↑ David Hecht, When a law sweeps in, tradition lashes back, The Christian Science Monitor , February 4, 1999. Accessed 10 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Murray, Rachel (2004-12-09). Human Rights in Africa: From the OAU to the African Union. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-139-45633-3.
  8. ↑ Former Members Archived 2020-03-11 at the Wayback Machine , ACERWC. Accessed 10 March 2020.
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