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January 2009
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The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Aliou Diouf as its first Francophone Africa Researcher & Representative, based in Dakar. He will begin work in April, drawing attention to the human rights impacts (positive & negative) of companies in the region; highlighting under-reported cases and concerns raised by civil society; seeking company responses to alleged abuses; and building contacts with NGOs, companies, journalists and government representatives.
The establishment of our Francophone Africa post was made possible by a grant from the Open Society Institute. Over 130 candidates applied for the position and seven were interviewed; the applicants were of a very high calibre.
About Aliou Diouf
Aliou is a Senegalese human rights advocate and lawyer. Born in the village of Yenguele, Senegal, he was educated at:
- secondary school in Fatick, Senegal; high school/lycée in Dakar
- Gdansk University in Poland (LLM in International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law)
- Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva (PhD in International Criminal & Humanitarian Law); his doctoral thesis on legal, political and practical issues relating to universal jurisdiction over crimes against humanity was supervised by Professor Andrew Clapham
He interned at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Arusha, Tanzania), and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva). More recently Aliou worked as Legal Advisor at Geneva for Human Rights, an NGO providing a Global Training Programme on the UN human rights system, international humanitarian & penal law, and the use of international procedures. He also worked at a residential centre for refugees in Geneva.
Aliou has completed various human rights and international law short-courses at:
- International Institute of Human Rights (Strasbourg)
- Geneva International Peace Research Institute
- United Nations - Geneva
- University of Helsinki
He is a member of human rights NGOs including TRIAL (Track Impunity Always) and REFORMAF (Réseau de formation et de recherches sur les migrations africaines, specialised in migration issues).
Aliou is fluent in French, Serer and Wolof, and has strong English.
Aliou commented: “I believe that human rights are fundamental. There is no democracy, nor sustainable peace or development, without human rights. I look forward to returning to Senegal and working with the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre – being able to contribute in a very concrete way to the implementation of human rights in Francophone Africa.”
About our regional researchers
Aliou is our fifth part-time regional researcher, joining:
- Roddy Shaw Kwok-wah, East Asia Researcher, based in Hong Kong
- Abiola Okpechi, Anglophone Africa Researcher, based in South Africa
- Ella Skybenko, Eastern Europe/Central Asia Researcher, based in Ukraine
- Surabhi Chopra, South Asia Researcher, based in India
Our international network of researchers makes the conduct of companies more transparent, promotes accountability and positive change, and prevents harm to people. Each of our regional researchers works from home or a host institution, which keeps expenses to a minimum.
We are now seeking funds to establish regional researchers in Latin America and the Middle East.
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