Salimata Sawadogo

Salimata or Salamata Sawadogo Tapsoba (born December 31, 1958, in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta) is the former chair of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. She is also a magistrate, and (as of 2006), the Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea, Cape Verde and Gambia. She is also a member of the Jurist Women's Association of Burkina Faso.

Salimata Sawadogo
Personal details
Born (1958-12-31) December 31, 1958
Ouagadougou, Upper Volta
Alma mater

Education

Sawadogo earned her scientific baccalaureate (called in Burkina "BAC D") in 1979. She then entered the University of Ouagadougou's law school, and in 1980 received her Diplôme d'études universitaires générales ("DEUG I", a degree of general academic studies) and in 1981 her "DEUG II". In 1982, she received her law degree, and in 1983 her master's degree in law. In 1985, she received her magistracy degree at the French National School for the Judiciary.

Career

Law

Sawadogo was an examining magistrate to the Court of Bankruptcy of Ouagadougou. She subsequently became President of the Court of Work of Ouagadougou, judging individual conflicts and questions about social security.

She was a magistrate in the Court of Appeal of Ouagadougou, and later became vice president of the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Ouagadougou.

Politics

Sawadogo was legal adviser to the Minister of Transport and Tourism in Burkina Faso, and later became Secretary-general of the Ministry for Justice

In 2001 she was nominated as a member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, and in November 2003, she was nominated as its President.[1][2] She served in this position until November 2007.

Ambassador to Senegal

Since July 2003, Sawadogo has been the ambassador of Burkina Faso to Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, and the Gambia.[3] Since March 6, 2014 she has also been ambassador to South Africa.

Professional associations

Sawadogo was the president of the jurist’s women association of Burkina, AFJ/BF. This association was created in November 1993 to promote women's rights, and to oppose all forms of discrimination against women.[4]

Personal life

Sawadogo resides in Senegal. Since 1985, she has been married to Joseph Sawadogo, an educator who works in Burkina Faso. She has 2 children, Laetitia and Philippe.

References
  1. CADHP (2005, December) Commission Africaine des droits de l’homme et des peoples.Retrieved April 2006, from http://www.achpr.or.africancommissionofhumanandpeoplerights.commis%5B%5D
  2. Wildaf/feddaf- Afrique(2004, July) de L’Ouest. African Commission Retrieved March 2006, from http://www.wildaf-ao.org/fr/article.php3id-article=350.html%5B%5D
  3. Le Fasot.net. (2005, August) Salimata SAWADOGO ambassador or Burkina in Senegal, chairperson of the African commission of human and people’s rights.Retrieved March 2006, from "S.E.Mme Salamata Sawadogo, ambassadeur du Burkina au Sénégal - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  4. AFJ/BF (2000, September) Association des femmes jurists du Burkina Faso Retrieved April 2006, from https://web.archive.org/web/20060426113621/http://courantsdefemmes.free.fr/Assoces/Burkina/AFJBF/AFJBF.html. Archived from the original on April 26, 2006. Retrieved April 28, 2006. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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