Kéba Mbaye
Kéba Mbaye (5 August 1924 – 11 January 2007) was a Senegalese judge and member of both the International Olympic Committee and the International Court of Justice.
Mbaye was born in
Mbaye helped in bringing South Africa from Olympic exile after the apartheid era. Later, at the height of the Salt Lake City bid scandal, Samaranch appointed him to chair a new ethics commission to police the conduct of fellow IOC members. He also headed the IOC panel on legal matters.
A legal scholar, Mbaye served as vice-president of the International Court of Justice and was Honorary Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Senegal from 1964 to 1982.[1] Mbaye was President of the International Commission of Jurists from 1977 to 1985 and Commissioner from 1972 to 1987. His published legal works include The Realities of the Black World and Human Rights; Family Law in Black Africa and Madagascar; and Human Rights in Africa. The International Olympic Committee and South Africa, Analysis and Illustration of a humanitarian sport policy.[2]
Mbaye married Mariette Diarra in 1950 and had eight children.
References
- ^ Ngameni, Herman Blaise. "Kéba Mbaye (1924-2007)". Société Française pour le Droit International (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Judge Mbaye, Chairman of IOC Ethics Commission and President of ICAS dies". World Athletics. 12 January 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Death of Judge Kéba Mbaye, IOC Honorary Member since 2002 - Olympic News". International Olympic Committee. 12 January 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
Further reading
- Seck, Cheikh Yérim (2009). Kéba Mbaye: Parcours et Combats d'un Grand Juge. Karthala Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-0258-6.