Reine Alapini-Gansou | |
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Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
Assumed office 11 March 2018 | |
Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties |
Personal details | |
Born | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 11 August 1956
Nationality | Benin |
Occupation | Judge |
Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou (born 11 August 1956) is a Beninese jurist who is a judge of the International Criminal Court since March 2018.
Alapini-Gansou was born in Abidjan in Ivory Coast on August 11, 1956. [1] She has a degree in Common Law from the University of Lyon in France and a master's degree in Business Law and Judicial lCareers from the National University of Benin. [2] She also has a joint postgraduate degree from the Universities of Maastricht, Lomé and Bhutan. [2]
Alapini-Gansou was admitted to the Benin Bar in 1986. [2] She worked for Avocats Sans Frontières Belgium on the project "Justice for all in Rwanda" in 2001. [2] She has taught General Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the University of Abomey-Calavi since 2001 [1] and has authored a number of research papers in human rights and law. [3] She was a member of the Benin Women Lawyers Association and initiated several laws protecting women in Benin. [1]
Alapini-Gansou was an intern for the International Conference of Bars in Paris in 1988 and a trainee of the International Organization for Development Law in Rome from 2000 to 2002. [1] As a member of the Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and with the African Commission since 2007, she took part in developing a Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Older Persons in Africa, and a Protocol to the African Charter Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa. [1] In 2008, she was a consultant for the World Health Organization for the drafting of a bill to promote and protect the human rights of mentally ill. [1] She has also been a consultant for the International Labor Office on human rights for mentally ill people and people living with HIV in the workplace. [1] She was appointed a member of the United Nations International Mission of Inquiry on electoral violence in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire from May to June 2011. [1] She was also Head of the Human Rights Component of the Mission African International Support Mali from April 2013 to October 2014. [1] Alapini-Gansou was a member of several United Nations commissions into human rights violations. In 2011, she was appointed as judge at the Permanent Court of Arbitration. [2]
Alapini-Gansou was a member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights for twelve years, including working as Special Rapporteur from 2005-2009 and 2012-2017, [4] and chairing the Commission from 2009 until 2012. [2] [5] She trained French-speaking lawyers on proceedings before the International Criminal Court starting 2012. [1] She initiated the referral of human rights violations perpetrated in Libya in 2010 to the African Court of Human Rights and Peoples [1] As Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in In Africa, she conducted studies on women defenders in Africa and on freedom of association in Africa. [1] In September 2016, she was appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations as a member of the Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in Burundi. [1]
Alapini-Gansou was appointed to the International Criminal Court in December 2017, commencing her term on 11 March 2018. [3]