Gambia Withdraws From International Criminal Court
The announcement follows similar decisions earlier this month by South Africa and Burundi to abandon the institution.
President Yahya Jammeh.
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Gambia:
The Gambia Under Jammeh - 22 Years of Human Rights Abuses
IFEX, 22 July 2016
Human rights defenders, journalists, political opponents and other Gambians who are critical of government policies continue to face intimidation, harassment, arbitrary arrest,… Read more »
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Gambia:
Amnesty Criticizes the Country's Leader on Rights Violations
VOA, 30 May 2016
Comment comes after President Jammeh responded negatively to calls for an investigation into the death of an opposition activist while in police custody. Read more »
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Gambia:
The ICC - Tread Carefully
The Point, 11 February 2016
The accusation being leveled against the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it is biased against African leaders is getting extremely strong. Read more »
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Gambia:
ICC Judges Decline to Reduce Mr Thomas Lubanga Dyilo's Sentence
Foroyaa, 23 September 2015
Today, 22 September 2015, three Judges of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), specifically appointed by the Appeals Chamber, reviewed Mr Thomas Lubanga… Read more »
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Gambia:
Gambia Has a Point
The Point, 9 June 2015
The Gambia government has taken a right political move by calling on the International Criminal Court to investigate the death of thousands of African migrants who died at the… Read more »
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ICC member states have elected Fatou Bensouda of Gambia as the new chief prosecutor. Fatou, a former justice minister, will take over from Luis Moreno Ocampo in June 2012. Read more »