Doudou Diene

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

Expert of UN Human Rights High Commissioner’s Office and of OIC on Prevention of Incitement to Religious Hatred; UNESCO Consultant on UN Decade of Rapprochement of Cultures. Law degree: University of Caen, doctorate: University of Paris, diploma: Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris. Joined UNESCO in 1977. Deputy Assistant Director General for External Relations, acting Director of the Bureau of Public Information (1980-85); as Director of the Division of Intercultural Projects from 1993 on, Diène directed projects including “Silk Roads”, “Slave Route”, “Roads of Faith”, “al-Andalus Route”, “Iron Roads in Africa”.