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Fatou Baldeh, vice chair of the National Agency for Legal Aid, has called on government to show its commitment to providing access to justice to the indigenous population by providing the agency with a much more independent budget which was finally approved by the National Assembly in December 2023. She said the agency desperately needs […]

By: Juliana Twumwaa Obeng The Writer Equal access to justice has been a challenge for the majority of people in The Gambia making it almost impossible for a large number of Gambians to have no access to the proper legal advice and representation needed to access the Gambian judicial system In this article I will be […]

The UN Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems (67/187) were adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2012, marking the first international instrument on the right to legal aid. The goal of this instrument is to provide legal services to the disadvantaged and marginalized, ensuring access to justice […]

The NHRCs’ Mobile Legal Aid Clinics are part of the Commission’s efforts to diversify its reach and ensure that every  citizen and resident within The Gambia is empowered to have access to timely and sustainable justice. Since its inception in 2021, the objectives of the NHRCs’ Mobile Legal Aid Clinic, is to sensitize communities on […]

By Yankuba Jallow The negative impact of covid-19 on the National Agency for Legal Aid (NALA) which is the Gambia’s only legal aid institutions is so bad that it affected their operation. Ahmed Kemo Ceesay, the Executive Director of National Agency for Legal Aid (NALA) said his office was impacted by the coronavirus. The negative […]

Mauro – UN Youth Volunteer “Since you came, life in this village has changed”. This is what the Seyfo (chief of the district) said to welcome us when our Mobile Legal Aid Clinics Team visited his village for the second time this year. His thanks were echoed by the Security Officer of the District Tribunal, […]