Gambia: National Assembly Officer Testifies Before Supreme Court in Case Challenging Constitutionality of Law Banning FGM

Gambia: National Assembly Officer Testifies Before Supreme Court in Case Challenging Constitutionality of Law Banning FGM

The State on Wednesday opened its defence in the Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of The Gambia's ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), calling its first witness to testify about the passage of the Women's (Amendment) Bill, 2015.

Suit Challenging Constitutionality of Law Banning FGM Takes Turning Point

Supreme Court Closes Plaintiffs’ Case  By Yankuba Jallow & Mariama Marong The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed the plaintiffs’ case in the constitutional challenge to The Gambia’s law prohibiting female genital mutilation (FGM) after the plaintiffs failed to produce their final witness, and ordered the defendants to begin presenting their case. So far, two witnesses have testified for the Plaintiffs, who are seeking to overturn the ban. The third…