State Seeks Dismissal of FGM Ban Case Before Supreme Court  – Foroyaa Newspaper

State Seeks Dismissal of FGM Ban Case Before Supreme Court  – Foroyaa Newspaper

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The lawsuit seeking to overturn the ban on female circumcision (also known as female genital mutilation or FGM) has faced a preliminary objection from the State, questioning the Supreme Court’s authority to hear the case. Almami Gibba, the National Assembly Member for Foni Kansala, along with seven others, is challenging the constitutionality of amendments to the Women’s Act of 2010, Act Number 11 of 2015, which prohibi…

State challenges Supreme Court’s jurisdiction in female circumcision suit

In their application, they sued the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, requesting the Supreme Court to declare that the amendment of Section 32 of the Women’s Act of 2010  along with the insertion of new Sections 32A and 32B under the Women’s (Amendment) Act No. 11 of 2015, contravenes the 1997 Constitution of The Gambia. They argued that the amendments are inconsistent with Sections 17(1) and (2), 25(1)(c), 28(1) and (2), 32, and 33(2) a…