A Gambia where everyone enjoys human rights and freedoms.

We promote and protect the fundamental human rights of everyone

Child Marriage is Prohibited by Law

Economic Empowerment is a Fundamental Human Right

FGM Violates the Rights of Girls and Women

Children's rights must be protected

Powers of the Commission

The NHRC of The Gambia has the prerogative to:

Receive and hear complaints

from the public on human rights violations,

Recommend appropriate remedial actions

to the Government and seeks appropriate remedial actions on behalf of victims

Reserves the right to investigate suspected cases

of human rights violations and to report to the Government and all relevant institutions on any such investigations; and

Can summon any person, official or authority

to appear before it.

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Recent Press Releases

Press Release on the National Assembly's Decision to Uphold the Women's Amendment Act 2015

The NHRC issued a press release commending the National Assembly for its decision to uphold the Women's (Amendment) Act 2015, which prohibits the practice of FGM/C and other harmful traditional practices.

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NHRC Joins the Global Community to Commemorate IWD 2024

The Commission joins women-led organisations and women and girls in The Gambia and around the world to commemorate the 2024 International Women’s Day which is observed annually and globally on March 8th.

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GRAVE CONCERN ABOUT ATTEMPTS TO REPEAL THE WOMEN’S (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015

NHRC is gravely concerned about a public notice from the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly, published in various newspapers on 6th February, regarding the Women’s (Amendment) Bill 2024, a Private Members Bill, which seeks to repeal the Women’s (Amendment) Act 2015 that prohibits the practice of FGM/C in The Gambia.

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