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Sidiki Kaba | |
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.jpg) Kaba in 2018 | |
| 15th Prime Minister of Senegal | |
| In office 6 March 2024 – 3 April 2024 | |
| President | Macky Sall Bassirou Diomaye Faye |
| Preceded by | Amadou Ba |
| Succeeded by | Ousmane Sonko |
| Interior Minister of Senegal | |
| In office 11 October 2023 – 6 March 2024 | |
| President | Macky Sall |
| Prime Minister | Amadou Ba |
| President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court | |
| In office 2014–2017 | |
| Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties |
| Preceded by | Tiina Intelmann |
| Succeeded by | O-Gon Kwon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 August 1950 Tambacounda, Senegal |
| Political party | Alliance for the Republic |
Sidiki Kaba (born 21 August 1950) is a Senegalese politician who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Senegal from 6 March 2024 to 3 April 2024.
He is the keeper of the seals and the Minister of Justice of Senegal since 2013. On 8 December 2014, he was elected President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as consensus candidate from the African States Parties and endorsed by the Bureau of the Assembly. He served as President of the Assembly, which operates from New York and The Hague, while also continuing his functions as Minister of Justice from Dakar.
Sidiki Kaba studied law. He has dedicated his professional career to the promotion and protection of human rights, particularly on issues related to freedom of press, women's and political rights. He participated in the 1998 negotiations of the Rome Statute and thereafter he implemented numerous campaigns to promote the ratification of the Statute by Senegal and many other African countries. In 2001, he became the first African to be elected President of the International Federation of Human Rights, organization that he had previously represented to the African Commission on Human and People's Rights. He is founder of numerous legal and advocacy organizations.