Chafika Bensaoula

Chafika Bensaoula is an Algerian jurist who was elected to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in 2017. In June 2025, she became the court's Vice President.

Early life and education

Chafika Bensaoula was born in Algeria and has a doctorate in public law.[1]

Career

Bensaoula has been a judge of the Criminal Affair Chambers and Court of Appeal in Algeria.[1] She is a lecturer at the National School of Magistracy in Algeria.[1] She was Director of the Department of Legal Studies and Documentation at the Ministry of Justice.[2] In April 2016, she was nominated for the International Narcotics Control Board.[3] She is on the governing board of administrators for the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law.[4]

Bensaoula was elected to the African Court at the African Union meeting in Addis Ababa in January 2017,[5][6][7] alongside Malawian Tujilane Chizumila. The two were sworn in on 6 March, bringing the number of women on the court to five of eleven judges for the first time[8] and fulfilling the gender parity requirement of the Protocol establishing the court.[9]

On 2 June 2025, Bensaoula was elected Vice President of the Court, alongside Modibo Sacko of Mali who was elected President.[10]

Personal life

Bensaoula speaks Arabic, English and French.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Justice Bensaoula Chafika - Algeria". African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. Archived from the original on 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  2. ^ "Second International Conference for a Euro-Mediterranean Community of International Arbitration". UNCITRAL. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ^ "INCB Watch April 2016 - Elections at the International Narcotics Control Board 2016". International Drug Policy Consortium. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Annual Report" (PDF). International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  5. ^ "Two New Judges Appointed to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights". African Union. 3 February 2017.
  6. ^ "African rights court gets more female judges". The New Times. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. ^ Ettouahria, Samila (9 March 2017). "Journée internationale des femmes : Une juge algérienne à la Cour africaine des droits de l'homme". El Moudjahid (in French). Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  8. ^ "African Women Judges and Gender Parity on the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights". GQUAL. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Two new female judges sworn-in at the African Court on Human and People Rights". Kenyan Woman - Advocating for the Rights of women. Kenyan Woman. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  10. ^ "African Court on Human and People's Rights Elects New President and Vice President". The African Union Commission. 3 June 2025. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access-date9= ignored (help)
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