{{Short description|Senegalese lawyer and politician}}
{{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=May 2015}} {{More footnotes|date=May 2015}} }} {{infobox Politician | name = Doudou Diène | image = Auroville - Maitri Mandir (5571796).jpg | caption = Doudou Diène (2nd from left) | office = Rapporteur spécial à l'ONU- | term_start = | term_end = | president = | office2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|12|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Mbour]], [[Senegal]] | party = | spouse = | alma_mater = | profession = [[Jurist]] }}
'''Doudou Diène''' ({{ipa|fr|dudu djɛn}}; born 1941) is a [[Senegal]]ese jurist. He was [[United Nations Special Rapporteur]] on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance from 2002–2008.
== Education == 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)
== Titles == 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 investigate violence in [[Togo]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005-06-10|title=UN rights team to inquire into human rights violations in Togo|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2005/06/140572-un-rights-team-inquire-human-rights-violations-togo|access-date=2022-01-19|website=UN News|language=en}}</ref> and racism in [[Japan]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4671687.stm|title=Japan racism 'deep and profound'|date=July 11, 2005|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref> He also investigated, as an independent expert, human rights violations during the [[2010–2011 Ivorian crisis]], and later in [[Gaza Strip]] in 2014 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/640316/societe/dix-choses-a-savoir-sur-doudou-diene-preside-la-commission-denquete-de-lonu-sur-le-burundi/|title=Dix choses à savoir sur Doudou Diène, président de la Commission d'enquête de l'ONU sur le Burundi – Jeune Afrique|language=French|website=JeuneAfrique.com}}</ref>
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 racism".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afrik.com/nicolas-sarkozy-est-il-raciste|title=Nicolas Sarkozy est-il raciste?|date=November 13, 2007|website=Afrik.com|language=French}}</ref>
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>
Doudou Diène has been chairman of the [[United Nations]] commission of inquiry on [[Burundi]] since February 2018.
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==External links== *[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]
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