Sidiki Kaba studied law. He has dedicated his professional career to the promotion and protection of human rights,particularly on issues related to freedom of press,women's and political rights. He participated in the 1998 negotiations of the Rome Statute and thereafter he implemented numerous campaigns to promote the ratification of the Statute by Senegal and many other African countries. In 2001,he became the first African to be elected President of the International Federation of Human Rights,organization that he had previously represented to the African Commission on Human and People's Rights. He is founder of numerous legal and advocacy organizations.
As President of the FIDH he led inquiry and high-level missions to Colombia,the Russian Federation,the United States,Guatemala,Egypt,Israel,Chad,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Tunisia,Algeria,Ecuador,and Libya. He has contributed to the training of human rights activists from Colombia,Nicaragua,United States,the Russian Federation,Turkey,Israel,Morocco,Zimbabwe and Chad.
He has served as consultant for the UNDP,UNICEF,the NGO Tostan and the Bar of Lome,Togo. He served as observer for the International Commission of Jurists for the electoral processes in Madagascar,Guinea,Gabon,Guinea Bissau,Côte d'Ivoire,Togo,Mali,Niger,Benin and Senegal. He was mediator in the conflict of Casamance.
As lawyer in Dakar he has worked brought numerous cases to Senegal and African tribunals to defend political activists and opposition leaders:
Defense lawyer of human rights activists and political opponents,including Halidou Ouedraogo,President of the Burkinabe Movement of Human Rights in the case Norbert Zongo (Burkina-Faso)
Sidiki Kaba was appointed Minister of Justice of Senegal in 2013 by then Prime Minister Aminata Toure.
As Minister of Justice he is in charge of preserving the judicial independence,prepares the justice policy of the State,and is charge of organizing the public service and justice education. He has authority over penitentiary administration and functions as Vice-President of the Superior Council of the Magistrature. Along with the Ministers of Economy,Finance and Planning he represents Senegal at the Organizations for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
He is also in charge with the establishment of the specialized Chambers and of overseeing the trial against Hissène Habré,the former dictator from Chad,and of the trial of the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade,Karim Wade on embezzlement charges.
He has published several books,including on international criminal justice and human rights in Senegal and Africa.
His publications include:
"L'avenir des droits de l'Homme en Afrique àl'aube du XXIème siècle" (1996) collection XAAM SAA YOON,Dakar,Sénégal
"Les droits de l'Homme au Sénégal" (1997) collection XAAM SAA YOON,Dakar,Sénégal
"Défendre la déclaration universelle des droits de l'Homme" (1998)
" La justice universelle en question,Justice de blancs contre les autres?" (2010),L'Harmattan
Prime Minister
On March 6,2024,Sidiki Kaka was appointed Prime Minister of Senegal.
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