Kama's major career started in 1969 when he became a
Magistrate in
Senegal, and an
Examining Judge in
Diourbel (Senegal) from 1969 to 1973. He was then appointed Deputy Public Prosecutor from 1973 to 1974 and Public
Prosecutor in
Thiès from 1974 to 1978. He served as Assistant Public Prosecutor at
Dakar's
Court of Appeal and the
Assize Court for 15 years. In 1992, Kama was appointed First Assistant Public Prosecutor at the
Supreme Court of Appeal. In May 1995, he was appointed judge of the
United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He was also the First President of the ICTR. Kama remained a judge of the Court until May 2001
Lecturer and organization established Kama taught at École nationale de la Magistrature du Sénégal in Dakar for 20 years, an organization he co-founded.
Legacy As an expert on
International Criminal Law, Kama represented
Africa in the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention which was established by the
United Nations Commission on Human Rights. In this post, he presided over the drafting sessions of
Benin's new code of
Criminal Prosedure. Since his membership of the
Senegalese delegation to the United Nations Commission of Human Rights in
Geneva from 1983 to 1990, he actively participated in the negotiations of the Convention against
torture, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. In 1991, he conducted seminars on human right violations and the administration of justice at
Kigali (in
Rwanda). Similar seminars were conducted at
Bujumbura (in
Burundi) in 1993. ==Death==