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{{Short description|Senegalese lawyer and politician}}
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'''Doudou Diène''' (born 1941)
== Education ==
▲'''Doudou Diène''' (born 1941) of [[Senegal]] was [[United Nations Special Rapporteur]] on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in 2002–2008.
Diène holds a [[law]] degree from the [[Caen University|University of Caen]] ([[France]]), a doctorate in [[public law]] from the [[University of Paris]], a diploma in political science from the [[Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris|Institut d'Études Politiques]] in [[Paris]], and an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws degree from the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill, Barbados)
Between 1972 and 1977 he served as Senegal's deputy representative to [[UNESCO]]. In 1977, he joined the UNESCO secretariat, where he held several positions including Director of the Division of Inter-cultural Projects. He was appointed [[United Nations special rapporteur|Special Rapporteur]] for racism-related topics by the [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights]] in August 2002, replacing [[Maurice Glele-Ahanhanzo]] of [[Benin]] and serving until July 2008 when he was succeeded by [[Githu Muigai]] (Kenya).
In 2005, the UN assigned him to
In 2007, Diène denounced the words of French President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] during his "[[Nicolas Sarkozy Dakar address|Dakar speech]]" and spoke of an attempt to, "scientifically legitimize historical stereotypes of the construction of
In 2011, he was appointed Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in [[Côte d'Ivoire]].<ref>[http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/SP/Facts_Figures2011.pdf UN Special Procedures. Facts and Figures. 2011] p. 2 (p. 4 of the file)</ref>
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*[http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/rapporteur/index.htm Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance]
*[http://www.nacaomestica.org/doudou_eng.htm Report of Doudou Dienè omits Multiracial Caboclos of the Amazon]
▲== See Also ==
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[[Category:United Nations special rapporteurs]]
[[Category:Senegalese jurists]]
[[Category:Serer jurists]]▼
[[Category:University of Paris alumni]]
[[Category:University of Caen Normandy alumni]]
[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:Sciences Po alumni]]
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[[Category:Human rights in Ivory Coast]]
[[Category:Senegalese officials of the United Nations]]
[[Category:Senegalese expatriates in France]]
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