Following the Roundtable discussion in October 2006, the Attorney-General’s Chambers drafted the Legal Aid Bill 2007. Its drafting was welcomed by the legal fraternity in The Gambia as a key step in the process of ensuring that access to justice is realised as a fundamental human right. To ensure that the Bill met the peculiar […]
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Roundtable Discussion on Legal Aid in The Gambia (26th October 2006)
Posted in Gambia Legal Capacity Building
Roundtable Discussion on Legal Aid in The Gambia [26th October 2006] The meeting was organised to strategise on how to create a viable legal aid scheme for The Gambia and come up with an action plan for the same. It was first conceived during the May 2005 workshop on access to justice as a fundamental […]
Seminar on Access to Justice as a Fundamental Right
Posted in Gambia Legal Capacity Building
Banjul (13-14 May 2005) The aim of this seminar was to tackle challenges impeding the right of access to justice in order to build strong local institutions. The stakeholders present at the seminar were judicial and law enforcement agents who have the duty to guarantee respect for human rights in the execution of their duties under […]
The Gambia Legal Capacity Building Programme (LCBP)
Posted in Gambia Legal Capacity Building
In March 2004, The Judiciary of The Gambia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) for the funding of the three-year Phase I of the Gambia Legal Capacity Building Programme (LCBP) – 2004-2007. IHRDA was contracted by DFID to manage the LCBP programme, as well as coordinate the various […]
Training Course on Public International Law for Gambian Government Officers
Posted in Gambia Legal Capacity Building
23rd September to 11th October 2002. Banjul, The Gambia. Organised by IHRDA
