Mireille Fanon Mendès-France
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Mireille Fanon Mendès-France | |
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 Fanon Mendès-France in 2017 | |
| Born | 24 November 1948 Cahors, France |
| Occupations | Jurist,[1] activist |
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Mireille Fanon Mendès-France, also Mireille Fanon-Mendès France (born 24 November 1948)[2][3] is a French jurist and anti-racist activist.
Fanon Mendès-France teaches at Paris Descartes University. She was also a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley in international law and conflict resolution. She has also worked for UNESCO and the French National Assembly.
Together with Gilles Devers, she filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice on behalf of groups representing victims of Israeli attacks during the 2008–2009 Gaza War.[4]
Since 2011, she has been an expert for the United Nations Working Group on People of African Descent.[5] She was the president of that UN Working Group from 2014 to 2016.[6][7][8][9]
