Salimata Sawadogo
Salimata or Salamata Sawadogo Tapsoba is the former chair of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. She is also a magistrate, and, the Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea, Cape Verde and Gambia. She is also a member of the Jurist Women's Association of Burkina Faso.
Education
Sawadogo earned her scientific baccalaureate in 1979. She then entered the University of Ouagadougou's law school, and in 1980 received her Diplôme d'études universitaires générales and in 1981 her "DEUG II". In 1982, she received her law degree, and in 1983 her master's degree in law. In 1985, she received her magistracy degree at the French National School for the Judiciary.Career
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 JusticeIn 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. She served in this position until November 2007.