Members and support staff of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Rights and Constitutional Matters are undergoing a two-day consultative forum, aimed at building the capacity of the participants on human rights.
The training, which opened on Friday at the National Assembly in Banjul, is organized by the National Human Rights Commission with the support of the British High Commission in The Gambia, under the project “strengthening human rights in The Gambia”.
The two-day training is part of series of activities, including the reviewing of the basic and secondary school curricular, and understanding the caste discrimination amongst tribes and communities.
The Commission, established by an Act of Parliament, is answerable to the National Assembly, particularly the parliament’s standing committee on human rights and constitutional matters, which, for first time in the history of Gambia’s parliament, was established by the National Assembly in June 2018.
Emmanuel Daniel Joof, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of the Gambia, applauded the good working relationship between the Committee and the Commission, which requires further strengthening and frequent interface.
Joshua Colebourne, Deputy British High Commissioner to The Gambia, said the Parliament, particularly the standing committee on human rights and constitutional matters, should play a key oversight role in ensuring government fulfils its human rights obligations.
Mariam Jack Denton, Speaker of the National Assembly, who doubles as the Chairperson of the standing committee on human rights and constitutional matters, welcomes the training, while reaffirming parliament’s and that of the standing committee’s commitment to work with all stakeholders in the promotion and protection of fundamental human rights in line with international standards.
This consultative meeting is also aimed at consolidating the already existing good work relationship between the two bodies, and also to develop concrete strategies to better protect fundamental human rights of everyone living within the jurisdiction of The Gambia in order to bring back and cement the culture of rule of law and due process.
The training, which opened on Friday at the National Assembly in Banjul, is organized by the National Human Rights Commission with the support of the British High Commission in The Gambia, under the project “strengthening human rights in The Gambia”.
The two-day training is part of series of activities, including the reviewing of the basic and secondary school curricular, and understanding the caste discrimination amongst tribes and communities.
The Commission, established by an Act of Parliament, is answerable to the National Assembly, particularly the parliament’s standing committee on human rights and constitutional matters, which, for first time in the history of Gambia’s parliament, was established by the National Assembly in June 2018.
Emmanuel Daniel Joof, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of the Gambia, applauded the good working relationship between the Committee and the Commission, which requires further strengthening and frequent interface.
Joshua Colebourne, Deputy British High Commissioner to The Gambia, said the Parliament, particularly the standing committee on human rights and constitutional matters, should play a key oversight role in ensuring government fulfils its human rights obligations.
Mariam Jack Denton, Speaker of the National Assembly, who doubles as the Chairperson of the standing committee on human rights and constitutional matters, welcomes the training, while reaffirming parliament’s and that of the standing committee’s commitment to work with all stakeholders in the promotion and protection of fundamental human rights in line with international standards.
This consultative meeting is also aimed at consolidating the already existing good work relationship between the two bodies, and also to develop concrete strategies to better protect fundamental human rights of everyone living within the jurisdiction of The Gambia in order to bring back and cement the culture of rule of law and due process.