His Excellency Judge Kéba Mbaye (SEN) (© with thanks to the IOC)
It was with deep sadness that the IAAF was informed today of the passing of His Excellency Judge Kéba Mbaye (SEN), the Chairman of International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Ethics Commission and President of International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) who died last night (11 Jan) in the Senegalese capital Dakar at the age of 82.
Born on 5 August 1924 in Kaolack, Senegal, Judge Mbaye, an Honorary Member of the IOC since 2002, and a former Vice-President of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, The Netherlands (1981-1993), was a highly distinguished practitioner in international law.
A member of the IOC from 1973 to 2002, with spells on the Executive Board (1984 – 1988 / 1993 - 1998) and as Vice-President (1988 – 1992, 1998 – 2002) Judge Mbaye was also chairman of numerous IOC Commissions during his career. At the time of his death he was the Chairman of the IOC Ethics Commission, a role which he had taken up in 1999. He was also the long time (since 1983) President of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) which was established in 1993 as the independent administrative basis for CAS.
At the national level Judge Mbaye was notably the Honorary Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Senegal.
As an author Judge Mbaye complied a number of notable publications including ‘The realities of the Black World and Human Rights’; ‘Black Africa’; ‘Human Rights in Africa’; ‘The IOC and South Africa, Analysis and Illustration of a Humanitarian Sport Policy’.
Married to Mariette Diarra (in 1950) with eight children, Judge Mbaye was a leisure tennis and golf player.
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