Overview

Since 2018, in the wake of a transition of political power that put an end to two decades of authoritarian rule in the Gambia, ICNL has supported legislative reform of the Public Order Act and the Non-Governmental Organizations Act by providing comments on the laws and by facilitating civil society consultations and strategy-building efforts. We have supported The Association of NGOs (TANGO) to build civil society capacity to analyze laws affecting assembly and association rights and advocate effectively for legal reforms. ICNL has worked with the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (HRDA) to train police and lawyers on protecting assembly rights, and with the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies to engage parliamentarians and other state authorities so that legal reforms are in line with international standards and best practices.