‘Over 200 TRRC White Paper recommendations await implementation’

Kebba Johm made this disclosure at a recent presser held at their office premises.

Out of the 263 total recommendations stated in the White Paper, he said, only nine out of this number is being implemented with 254 still pending.

He also expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of implementation, adding that by now they should have been talking about 30% of the recommendations being implemented.

This, he added, is because there are listed recommendations that are very easy to implement like the renaming of the Arch 22 in Banjul, which he believes, can be done within a week, among others.

“If the process continues with this pace, I am afraid it can take us over 10 years to reach our target and the time frame slated is 5 years.” he added.

Saffie Nyang, representing the Ministry of Justice, disclosed that the Reparations Act has been passed into law and they are in the process of identifying the panel that is going to select the commissioners, who will serve as the implementers of some of the recommendations.

Basiru Bah, a Senior Legal Officer and Researcher at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), reminded that they are in the process of setting an online framework, whereby victims will access the timely update of every recommendation and to be able to confirm the status of implementation of the recommendations.

“This platform will also prevent the mis or overlapping of information between the MoJ and NHRC.”