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Jurisprudential Guides Notes
On
July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
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December 22, 2020, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
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July 6, 2018, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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GAMBIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
6 May 2020
Title:
DFAT Thematic Report - Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS)
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
3 December 2020
Accessed Date:
21 May 2021
Title:
The Gambia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
14 May 2025
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Gambia. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 July 2022
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Gambie : accès à des soins de santé mentale
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
4 July 2024
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Gambia: Main roads and border crossing
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
18 January 2017
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
Title:
Gambia. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. The Gambia: Country Focus.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
1 May 2018
Title:
The Gambia Poverty and Gender Assessment 2022: Securing a Robust and Inclusive Recovery
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
5 May 2023
Title:
Présentation de la Gambie
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
13 March 2023
Accessed Date:
5 May 2023
Title:
Gambia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
Gambia. The Freedom in the World 2024.
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on the Gambia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/48/GMB/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
1 November 2024
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Gambia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/48/GMB/1
Date of Document:
18 October 2024
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the Gambia in the absence of its second periodic report
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
30 August 2018
Accessed Date:
16 May 2019
Title:
Combined Report on the African Charter on Human and People's Rights for the Period 1994 and 2018 and Initial Report Under the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa
Date of Document:
August 2018
Accessed Date:
16 May 2019
Title:
Gambia. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Compilation on the Gambia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/48/GMB/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
8 November 2024
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Gambia. Nearly five years after Jammeh's regime ended, oppressive laws remain untouched
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Chapter III: Citizenship. Gambia (The)'s Constitution of 1996 with Amendments through 2018.
Source:
The Gambia; Comparative Constitutions Project
Accessed Date:
19 May 2023
Title:
The Gambia. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Whether the National Identity Number, NIN, is permanent or may be modified
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 October 2014
Accessed Date:
26 May 2015
Title:
The Gambia: Issuance of Identity documents
Source:
Danish National ID Centre
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
16 May 2019
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: The Gambia
Code:
RSCAS/GLOBALCIT-CR 2021/7
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Author:
Gaye Sowe; Maria Saine
Accessed Date:
5 May 2023
Title:
Gambian passports; requirements and procedures to obtain or renew a passport, including whether a new photograph is required with each renewal and whether the appearance of the personal data page and the information on it has changed since ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 February 2020
Accessed Date:
19 May 2021
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Gambia (The): National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Republic of the Gambia. Election for President of 4 December 2021.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
19 May 2023
Title:
Information on the treatment of members or supporters of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) Party by authorities (January 2017-July 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 July 2017
Accessed Date:
18 May 2018
Title:
The Gambia 2021 Final Report: Presidential Election 4 December 2021
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Accessed Date:
8 May 2023
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
The Gambia: UN salutes ‘monumental achievement' as lawmakers uphold FGM ban
Date of Document:
15 July 2024
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM); treatment of people and NGOs who oppose the practice; state protection provided to victims and to people who oppose the practice (2016-May 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 May 2018
Accessed Date:
31 May 2018
Title:
Information received from the Gambia on follow-up to the concluding observations on its sixth periodic report
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
4 December 2024
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Gambie : Les mariages forcés en Gambie
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
23 January 2017
Accessed Date:
16 May 2019
Title:
Combined fourth to seventh reports submitted by the Gambia under article 44 of the Convention, due in 2021
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
20 May 2024
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by the Gambia under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2019
Date of Document:
6 October 2021
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
Title:
Universal Periodic Review: The Gambia. Joint Submission by Equality Now and GAMCOTRAP to the Human Rights Council at the 48th Session (4th cycle, January 2025) of the Universal Periodic Review.
Source:
Equality Now; GAMCOTRAP
Date of Document:
16 July 2024
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Children of Gambia: Realizing Children's rights in Gambia
Date of Document:
6 January 2021
Accessed Date:
8 May 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the Gambia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
1 November 2022
Accessed Date:
16 May 2023
Title:
Thematic Report on Family Law and Muslim Women's Rights in The Gambia: 83rd CEDAW Session
Date of Document:
15 October 2022
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Gambie: Conditions légales de mariage et de divorce
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 August 2024
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth to seventh periodic reports of the Gambia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
28 February 2025
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Gambia. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Focus Gambie. Situation des personnes LGB en Gambie
Source:
Swiss Confederation. State Secretariat for Migration.
Date of Document:
21 May 2021
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
Title:
Joint Submission : Universal Periodic Review of The Gambia 34th Session November 2019
Source:
Women in Liberation and Leadership et al.
Date of Document:
15 November 2019
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
Title:
Gambia: Law Enacted Making Aggravated Homosexuality a Crime
Source:
Library of Congress
Date of Document:
26 November 2014
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Gambia: Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
16 May 2023
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
17 December 2024
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
The Gambia: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. The Gambia.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
7 April 2025
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 September 2021
Accessed Date:
10 May 2022
Title:
The Gambia: Overview of corruption and anti-corruption
Source:
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Transparency International. U4 Anti-corruption Resources Centre.
Date of Document:
21 June 2021
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
Title:
Gambia. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
The Gambia Anti-Corruption Act, 2023
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
COI Query Response. Gambia: Punishments for military officers breaching the military code
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
30 July 2018
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Report submitted by the Gambia under article 29 (1) of the Convention, due in 2021
Date of Document:
20 May 2021
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
Title:
Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in its reports on its visits to Albania from 5 to 12 December 2016 (A/HRC/36/39/Add.1) and the Gambia from 12 to 19 June 2017 (A/HRC/39/46/Add.1)
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
16 September 2021
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
Update: Researching Gambian Legal Information
Date of Document:
June 2021
Author:
Flora Ogbuitepu Ngo-Martins
Accessed Date:
21 May 2021
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
9 July 2020
Accessed Date:
21 May 2021
Title:
Report. Volume 1 (Part A). Compendium on Findings and Recommendations.
Source:
The Gambia Truth and Reparations Commission
Date of Document:
24 December 2021
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
Title:
Report. Volume 1 (Part B). Recommendations for Prosecution.
Source:
The Gambia Truth and Reparations Commission
Date of Document:
24 December 2021
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Security sector reform in The Gambia: What is at stake?
Source:
ISS-Institute for Security Studies
Date of Document:
November 2020
Author:
Chido Mutangadura
Accessed Date:
21 May 2021
Title:
Security force assistance to The Gambia following the 2017 political transition: A recipe for further fragmentation?
Source:
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
Date of Document:
2 November 2021
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
Title:
Gambia. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
Title:
The Gambia: Crackdown on free speech must stop
Date of Document:
7 November 2023
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
Gambia. Freedom on the Net 2024.
Editor:
Amelia Larson et al.
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
Joint submission for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Gambia by ARTICLE 19 Senegal and West Africa, alongside The Gambia Press Union (GPU) and the International Press Institute (IPI)
Source:
Article 19 et al.
Date of Document:
July 2024
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
The Gambia: Prosecution of journalists prompts serious concerns
Date of Document:
4 October 2024
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
LONDA 2024: Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report. Gambia.
Source:
Paradigm Initiative
Date of Document:
April 2025
Editor:
‘Gbenga Sesan et al.
Accessed Date:
13 May 2025
Title:
Gambia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
Gambia. The Freedom of Thought Report.
Source:
Humanists International
Date of Document:
15 November 2021
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Information on the so-called Jongo (or Jungo, Jong) people, in particular: on whether it is a caste, on its origin, on the ethnic group and social condition of people defined as Jongo
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
19 February 2019
Accessed Date:
23 May 2019
Title:
Gambia. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
21 May 2021
Title:
Tolerance for social differences is high, but not universal, in the Gambia
Source:
Afrobarometer et al.
Date of Document:
9 February 2025
Author:
Lionel Ossé; Sait Matty Jaw
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
The Gambia — Flow Monitoring Report (October - December 2022)
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
19 May 2023
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 May 2024:
Title:
The Gambia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
15 May 2024
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/gambia-the/
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Gambia. The Freedom in the World 2023.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/gambia/freedom-world/2023
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on the Gambia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/GMB/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 August 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/34/GMB/3
Accessed Date:
6 May 2020
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Gambia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/GMB/1
Date of Document:
22 August 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/34/GMB/1
Accessed Date:
6 May 2020
Title:
Gambia. Amnesty International Report 2023/24: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/POL1072002024ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Compilation on the Gambia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/GMB/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
23 August 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/34/GMB/2
Accessed Date:
6 May 2020
Title:
The Gambia. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Gambia.html
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Gambia (The): National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/parliament/GM/GM-LC01/
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
The Gambia: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/the-gambia
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. The Gambia.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
13 March 2024
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/d75700a5-9427-4bdd-b666-1cb08a1d055c
Accessed Date:
9 May 2024
Title:
Gambia. Freedom on the Net 2023.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/gambia/freedom-net/2023
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
Gambia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/gambia/
Accessed Date:
19 May 2023
Title:
Gambia. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2019
URL:
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2018-2019/africa/gambia.html
Accessed Date:
6 May 2020
Title:
Gambie : conflit foncier entre le village de Babylon et des villages voisins
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 May 2021
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2105_gmb_conflit_foncier_babylon_152372_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 May 2022
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
10 June 2019
Author:
Tomas F. Husted; Alexis Arieff
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11046
Accessed Date:
6 May 2020
Title:
Gambie : Tensions entre descendants de nobles et descendants d'esclaves dans la région de l'Upper River
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 February 2020
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2002_gmb_conflits_de_castes_dans_l__039_upper_river.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2021
Title:
Women's rights: legislation banning FGM under threat in The Gambia
Source:
International Bar Association
Date of Document:
8 January 2024
URL:
https://www.ibanet.org/Womens-rights-legislation-banning-FGM-under-threatening-in-The-Gambia
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
The Gambia: The Law and FGM
Date of Document:
September 2018
URL:
https://www.28toomany.org/media/uploads/Law%20Reports/gambia_law_report_v1_(september_2018).pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2019
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
22 January 2021
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/46/31/Add.1
Accessed Date:
21 May 2021
Title:
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in The Gambia
Source:
Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa and the Gambia Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations
URL:
https://www.ihrda.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Handbook-on-SGBV-in-The-Gambia-FINAL.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 May 2023
Title:
The Gambia. Mobility Assessment on Internal Migration.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
February 2020
Author:
Kumbale Goode et al.
URL:
https://displacement.iom.int/system/tdf/reports/3%20-%20DFID_Mobility%20Assessment%20on%20Internal%20Migration_RO_03%2002.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=7703
Accessed Date:
6 May 2020
Title:
Mapping and Socio-Economic Profiling of Communities of Return in the Gambia
Date of Document:
May 2018
URL:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfe2c8927234e0001688343/t/5d1ddc8c3216d20001aac2da/1562238102275/IOM+-+Gambia+-+Full+report.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 May 2021
Title:
The Gambia — Flow Monitoring Report (October - December 2022)
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
February 2023
URL:
https://dtm.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl1461/files/reports/FMS%20December%202022_gambie_final.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 May 2023
Title:
Gambia. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 July 2022
URL:
https://www.issa.int/sites/default/files/documents/2024-07/Gambia.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Gambie : accès à des soins de santé mentale
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
4 July 2024
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Afrika/Gambia/240704_GAM__soins_psy.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
The Gambia: UN salutes ‘monumental achievement' as lawmakers uphold FGM ban
Date of Document:
15 July 2024
URL:
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/07/1152126
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Information received from the Gambia on follow-up to the concluding observations on its sixth periodic report
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
4 December 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/GMB/FCO/6
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Combined fourth to seventh reports submitted by the Gambia under article 44 of the Convention, due in 2021
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
20 May 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CRC/C/GMB/4-7
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Universal Periodic Review: The Gambia. Joint Submission by Equality Now and GAMCOTRAP to the Human Rights Council at the 48th Session (4th cycle, January 2025) of the Universal Periodic Review.
Source:
Equality Now; GAMCOTRAP
Date of Document:
16 July 2024
URL:
https://equalitynow.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/16145826/UPR_48th-Session_The-Gambia_Equality-Now_GAMCOTRAP_16July2024.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Gambie: Conditions légales de mariage et de divorce
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 August 2024
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2408_gmb__mariages_et_divorces_163131_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth to seventh periodic reports of the Gambia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
28 February 2025
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CRC/C/GMB/CO/4-7
Accessed Date:
8 May 2025
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
17 December 2024
URL:
https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/gambia/
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
The Gambia Anti-Corruption Act, 2023
URL:
https://moj.gov.gm/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The_Gambia_Anti-Corruption_Act_2023_Now1.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
Joint submission for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Gambia by ARTICLE 19 Senegal and West Africa, alongside The Gambia Press Union (GPU) and the International Press Institute (IPI)
Source:
Article 19 et al.
Date of Document:
July 2024
URL:
https://www.article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/UPR-Joint-Report-Gambia-FINAL.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
The Gambia: Prosecution of journalists prompts serious concerns
Date of Document:
4 October 2024
URL:
https://www.article19.org/resources/the-gambia-prosecution-of-journalists-prompts-serious-concerns/
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
Title:
LONDA 2024: Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report. Gambia.
Source:
Paradigm Initiative
Date of Document:
April 2025
Editor:
‘Gbenga Sesan et al.
URL:
https://paradigmhq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Londa-2024-2.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 May 2025
Title:
Tolerance for social differences is high, but not universal, in the Gambia
Source:
Afrobarometer et al.
Date of Document:
9 February 2025
Author:
Lionel Ossé; Sait Matty Jaw
URL:
https://www.afrobarometer.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AD766-Tolerance-for-differences-is-high-but-not-universal-in-the-Gambia-Afrobarometer-9feb24.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 May 2025
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