Mame Mandiaye Niang
Mame Mandiaye Niang | |
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| Acting Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2025 | |
| Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties (as Deputy Prosecutor; assumed acting role) |
| Preceded by | Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court |
| Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2021 | |
| Nominated by |  Senegal |
| Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties |
| Judge of the Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda | |
| In office 2003–2006 | |
| Appointed by | United Nations Security Council |
| Judge of the Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia | |
| In office 2006–2017 | |
| Appointed by | United Nations Security Council |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 20, 1960 Senegal |
| Alma mater | École nationale d'Administration et de Magistrature (Dakar) |
Mame Mandiaye Niang (born 20 September 1960)[1] is a Senegalese lawyer and prosecutor, serving since 2025 as the Acting Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).[2] He has held several senior positions in the Senegalese judiciary, including in the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court of Senegal, and the Regional Court of Dakar, as well as judicial and prosecutorial roles within the United Nations, notably at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). In 2021, he was elected Deputy Prosecutor of the ICC.[1]
Career
[edit]Niang graduated from the École nationale d'Administration et de Magistrature in Dakar, Senegal. He has held senior positions in the national judiciary, including as Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Saint-Louis, Director of Criminal Affairs and Pardons at the Ministry of Justice, and Auditeur of the Supreme Court of Senegal. He has also served as Prosecutor of First Instance and magistrate at the Regional Court of Dakar.[2]
He has also held a number of positions within the United Nations, including Legal Officer, Senior Legal Officer, Chief of Staff of the Registrar, and Judge of the Appeals Chamber at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). He later served as Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Southern Africa, and as Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).[2]
On 10 December 2021, Niang was elected Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court during the twentieth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, and was sworn in on 7 March 2022.[2] In 2025, during the investigation into the conduct of Chief Prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan, Niang assumed the role of Acting Chief Prosecutor and continued to carry out prosecutorial functions alongside fellow Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan.[3]
Niang has co-authored several books on international humanitarian law and criminal procedure, published articles in legal journals in both French and English, and served as visiting professor at institutions such as the École nationale des Assistants sociaux et Educateurs spécialisés, the Centre de Formation judiciaire in Dakar, the University of Rwanda, and the Institute of International Law at Makerere University in Uganda. He has also been a member of the Union des Magistrats sénégalais and the Senegalese section of the International Association of Penal Law.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Judge Mandiaye NIANG (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Mame Mandiaye Niang". International Criminal Court. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ "ICC Deputy Prosecutors state that the Office continues its work". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.