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El Hadji Guissé is a Senegalese judge. Guissé began practicing law in 1970 and was elected as a judge to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights from 2006-2010. He has also worked in the United Nations as special Rapporteur on The Right of Water in 1998. [1]

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References

  1. El Hadji Guissé at African Court Coalition