Banjul, 12 February 2020: The “Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa”(IHRDA) and Gambian lawyer on 30 November 2019 filed a lawsuit against The…
adminFebruary 13, 2020
In June 2016, IHRDA began collaborating with Malian NGO APDF to provide legal support to Kadiatou Siby, a widow whose right to inherit her husband’s…
adminOctober 16, 2017
Madam Chairperson and honourable Commissioners, In 2004, IHRDA filed a communication on behalf of Mr Esmaila Connateh and 13 other Gambians deported from Angola in…
adminApril 13, 2016
This case was filed before the High Court of Sakania in the Katanga province of the DRC. It deals with the forced evictions of hundreds…
adminDecember 8, 2015
The case was initiated following the forceful eviction of the complainant from his home in Brazzaville by the Congolese Military. We submitted our admissibility brief…
adminDecember 8, 2015
5 Nov 2015, IHRDA urged the Commission to take measures to follow-up the implementation of its decision in favour of more than a dozen Gambians…
adminNovember 5, 2015
Brief facts Following the creation of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the movement of the Federal Capital of Nigeria from Lagos to Abuja, the…
adminSeptember 30, 2013
Background IHRDA has received funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to train lawyers, judicial officers and CSOs in The Gambia and Ivory Coast…
adminSeptember 30, 2013
51st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 18 April- 02 May 2012, Banjul, The Gambia IHRDA Statement on Extractive Industries…
adminApril 21, 2012