Expression of Concern by the ACHPR and the ACERWC over the Ongoing Debate on FGM and the proposed Women’s (Amendment) Bill 2024 in Gambia
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) recall its Joint Press Statement issued on 14 September 2023, in which it expressed deep concern on the current regressive Parliamentary debate advocating for the repeal of laws that prohibit Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia.