Neneh Cham

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Neneh MC Cham (also: Neneh Cham-Chongan ) is a Gambian lawyer and human rights activist .

Life

Cham was admitted to the bar in the Gambia and Sierra Leone in November 2000 . Shortly thereafter, she started working for the law firm and opposition politician Ousainou Darboe's BasangSang Chambers and was employed by him for about two years. From 2006 she was self-employed as a lawyer.

In June 2006 she was elected to the board of the Gambia Bar Association (GBA).

From October 2011 she was President of the women's rights organization Female Lawyers Association Gambia (FLAG). She succeeded Janet Sallah-Njie . Her successor on February 12, 2016 was Haddy Dandeh-Jabbie . However, Cham was still active on the board.

Since at least July 2017 she has been a member of the board of the Gambia Bar Association (GBA) again.

In July and August 2018, she was vice-chair of a commission set up by President Adama Barrow to investigate the background of a police operation in the protests in Faraba Banta on June 18, 2018, in which three people died.

In May 2019, she appeared as Chair of the National Agency for Legal Aid (NALA).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ABOUT US. Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ More legal practitioners at Tax Commission. Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Gambia: 2 Former Justice Ministers, 5 More Lawyers Appear Before Tax Commission. Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  4. ^ Gambia: Bar Gets New President. Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Gambia: Flag elects New Executive. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Gambia: FLAG elects New Executive Members. Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  7. ↑ About Us | Gambia Bar Association. July 22, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  8. ^ Civic society discuss way forward after Jammeh. In: The Standard Newspaper. January 22, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2019 (American English).
  9. ↑ About Us | Gambia Bar Association. Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Gambia: Faraba Commission - Visit to Sanyang Mining Site. Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  11. ^ Gambia: 'Journey Towards Human Rights Tested' President Barrow Swears-in Faraba Commission. Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  12. ↑ GBA, NALA Sign MoU to Provide Free legal services to Prisoners |. May 13, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2019 (American English).
  13. ↑ Prisons Legal Aid Desks planned for 3 Gambian Prisons. In: GAINAKO. May 5, 2019, Retrieved June 9, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Cham, Neneh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cham, Neneh MC; Cham-Chongan, Neneh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian lawyer and human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century