Paulette Kourouma

Paulette Kourouma
Minister of Justice and Human Rights
In office
2007–2008
Prime MinisterLansana Kouyaté
Preceded byAlsény René Gomez
Succeeded byBachir Touré
Personal details
Alma materGamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry

Paulette Kourouma is a Guinean magistrate and politician. She served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights in the Government of Guinea from 2007 to 2008.

Biography

Kourouma studied at the Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry and trained as a magistrate.[1]

Kourouma served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights in the Government of Guinea from 28 March 2007 to 20 May 2008. She was the first woman to hold this office.[2][3] She established an "Independent National Commission of Inquiry" on 18 May 2007, with 19 judges and lawyers responsible for "conducting investigations into grave human rights violations and offences committed during the strikes of June 2006 and January - February 2007." The Commission established by her predecessor was criticized by the Guinean Human Rights Organization and the Guinean Bar Association over the independence of the members.[4][5][6]

As a magistrate, Kourouma was president of the Civil, Criminal, Commercial and Social Chamber of the Supreme Court until 7 June 2012.[7][8]

In 2021, Kourouma was an advisor to the Supreme Court of Guinea.[9][10] She retired in 2022.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pari tenu pour Kouyaté". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Doré, Tokpanan (12 December 2018). "Guinée : la justice ouvre ses portes aux justiciables". Guinéenews© (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Publication, Directeur de (19 October 2023). "Semaine de l'Avocate : voilà l'intégralité du discours d'ouverture de madame la secrétaire du ministère de la justice et droits de l'homme représente du Garde des Sceaux, Ministre de la justice et des droits de l'homme". SITE D'INFORMATION SANS PASSION (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "GUINEA: "Soldiers were shooting everywhere." The security forces' response to peaceful demands for change" (PDF). Amnesty International. p. 17. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  5. ↑ GUINEA Dying for Change Brutality and Repression by Guinean Security Forces in Response to a Nationwide Strike. Human Rights Watch. 2007. p. 58.
  6. ↑ Bryden, Alan; N'Diaye, Boubacar (2011). Security Sector Governance in Francophone West Africa: Realities and Opportunities. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 122. ISBN 978-3-643-80109-8.
  7. ↑ "Guinée: Trois magistrats nommés à la cour suprême". Afrinews (in French). 14 June 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Guinée: Cour suprême - Alpha Condé nomme de nouveaux cadres". Aminata.com (Conakry) (in French). 13 June 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Diallo, Siddy Koundara. "Guinée : Qui sont les magistrats qui composent la Cour Suprême ?". Africa Guinee (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Décret : Voici les nouveaux membres de la Cour Suprême". Le Jour (in French). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Guinée : 22 magistrats envoyés à la retraite (décret)". Guineeactuelle.com (in French). 29 December 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
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