Jean Emile Somda

{{Short description|Burkinabe judge}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2010}}

Jean Emile Somda was a judge from Burkina Faso who served on the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights from 2006-2008.[http://www.african-court.org/en/court/previous-judges-of-the-court/ Previous Judges of the Court] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311152343/http://www.african-court.org/en/court/previous-judges-of-the-court/ |date=2012-03-11 }}, African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights website, Retrieved November 1, 2010Samuel M. Makinda, Samuel M. & Okumu, F. Wafula. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8orv5kCo02wC&dq=%22Jean+Emile+Somda%22&pg=PA190 The African Union: challenges of globalization, security, and governance], p.190 (2008)({{ISBN|9780415403498}})(listing Somda on list of first judges elected to this tribunal, on January 22, 2006

At the time of his appointment, he was on the Constitutional Council of Burkina Faso, which is the constitutional court of the country. Other positions he has held include: Legal advisor to the Minister of Justice, Advisor to the Constitutional Council, Minister for Public Service and Institutional Development, Judge-Constitutional Court, President,-Tribunal of Kaya, President of the Chamber of the Court of Appeals of Ouaga, and Member of Independent Commission of Inquiry into the case of Norbert Zongo.

Somda attended Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal and received a Master's in Law degree in 1981.