Salimata Sawadogo Tapsoba is the President of the African Commission on Human and Peoples" Rights.
Education
Sawadogo earned her scientific baccalaureate (called in Burkina "Baccalaureate Doctorate") in 1979. She then entered the University of Ouagadougou"s law school, and in 1980 received her Diplôme d"études universitaires générales ("General Academic Studies Degree I", a degree of general academic studies) and in 1981 her "General Academic Studies Degree II". In 1982, she received her law degree, and in 1983 her master"s degree in law.
In 1985, she received her magistracy degree in Paris at the Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature de Paris.
Career
She is also a magistrate, and (as of 2006), the ambassador of Burkina Faso to Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea, Cape Verde, and Gambia. Law Sawadogo was an examining magistrate to the Court of Bankruptcy of Ouagadougou. She subsequently became President of the Court of Work of Ouagadougou, judging individual conflicts and questions about social security.
She was a magistrate in the Court of Appeal of Ouagadougou, and later became vice president of the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Ouagadougou.
Politics Sawadogo was legal adviser to the Minister of Transport and Tourism in Burkina Faso, and later became Secretary-general of the Ministry for Justice Ambassador to Senegal Since July 2003, Sawadogo has been the ambassador of Burkina Faso to Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, and the Gambia. Since 000000002014-03-06-0000March 6, 2014 she has also been ambassador to South Africa.
Sawadogo was the president of the jurist’s women association of Burkina, AFJ/BF. This association was created in November 1993 to promote women"s rights, and to oppose all forms of discrimination against women.
Membership
She is also a member of the Jurist Women"s Association of Burkina Faso. In 2001 she was nominated as a member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples" Rights, and in November 2003, she was nominated as its President.