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Fatsah Ouguergouz (born 1958) is an Algerian judge born in France.
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| This biographical article is written like a résumé .(May 2021) |
Fatsah Ouguergouz (born 1958) is an Algerian judge born in France.
He holds a PhD in international law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva, Switzerland). [1]
He has served as a judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (located in Arusha, Tanzania) since 2006 and as Vice-President of this court since September 2012. Elected initially in 2006 by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, he was re-elected in 2010 for a six-year mandate.[ citation needed ]
He was Secretary of the International Court of Justice [2] and held the position of Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi , appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (2010-2011).
He has held several positions within or outside the United Nations system, such as:
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