Adama Dieng

Adama Dieng
Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
In office
17 July 2012 – 2020
Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
Preceded byFrancis Deng
Succeeded byAlice Wairimu Nderitu

Adama Dieng (born 22 May 1950, Senegal) is a former UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide[1] succeeded by Alice Wairimu Nderitu of Kenya.[2] He is a former board member of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and a former registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He was designated an expert on human rights in Sudan on November 12, 2021, by the UN.[3]

  1. ^ "Adama Dieng assumed the position of the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide in 2012, after a long and distinguished career in law and human rights, stepping down from the post at the end of July". www.un.org. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  2. ^ "Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide". www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/special-adviser-prevention-genocide.shtml.
  3. ^ "UN Human Rights Chief designates Adama Dieng as expert on human rights in Sudan". ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=27808&LangID=E.