Opinion - The TRRC's ongoing public hearings have generated a number of interesting narratives in Gambian society. From the testimonies and statements of victims, alleged perpetrators and ...

TRRC final report suggests judiciary options The Commission has also offered recommendations of approaches that could be used to ensure Jammeh is brought to justice, in the Gambia or abroad.

Testimony before Gambia’s truth commission implicating then-president Yahya Jammeh in the summary execution in 2005 of about 59 West African migrants should be followed by criminal accountability.

The TRRC forms just one part of an ambitious attempt by Jammeh’s successor, President Adama Barrow, to transform The Gambia‘s political culture and society in a way that makes a return to ...

Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and ... Gambia TRRC recommends prosecuting ex-dictator. Isaac Mugabi . 05/25/2022 May 25, 2022. Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations commission recommends ...

The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) opened this week in the Gambia as part of an initiative to tackle alleged human rights violations committed during the 22 years of Yahya ...

In late November, the TRRC’s report was delivered to Barrow, who now has six months to decide whether to act on it. Neither the 14,000-page document, nor the names of the alleged perpetrators ...

In its report, the TRRC states that the “best option” would be to create a hybrid court supported by either Ecowas or the African Union and based in Dakar. Not only is Senegal close to The Gambia and ...

Unfortunately, he said, the TRRC had given excuses about its failure to release the final report. He revealed that, three weeks before the TRRC was to release its report on September 30, former ...

Human Rights Watch has joined 16 other groups in support of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances’ call for a hybrid court to prosecute crimes during the presidency of ...

The Gambia’s transitional justice process began with the establishment of a Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in December 2017. The TRRC has sought to provide a platform for ...