PGA has been mobilizing members of the Gambian National Assembly since 2018 and has provided technical assistance to the office of the Attorney General regarding the drafting of a legislation implementing the Rome Statute.
| Signature, Ratification of/Accession to the Rome Statute of the ICC | |
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| Signature Date: | 17 July 1998 |
| Ratification Date: | 22 September 2004 |
| Amendments to the Rome Statute | |
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| Ratification of the Kampala Amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute on war crimes [poison and expanding bullets in NIAC] (2010): | No |
| Ratification of the Kampala Amendment to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression reflected in Article 8 bis (2010): | No |
| Ratification of the Amendment to Article 124 of the Rome Statute (2015): | No |
| Ratification of the Amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute on war crimes [biological weapons] (2017): | No |
| Ratification of the Amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute on war crimes [blinding laser weapons] (2017): | No |
| Ratification of the Amendment to Article 8 of the Rome Statute on war crimes [non-detectable fragments] (2017): | No |
| Ratification of the Amendments to Article 8 of the Rome Statute on war crimes [starvation as a war crime in NIAC] (2019): | No |
| Adoption of implementation legislation of the Rome Statute of the ICC | |
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| The Gambia currently does not have an implementing legislation. The Attorney General prepared and introduced an International Crimes Bill, which PGA provided input to, as well as a Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Bill. Both were adopted in first and second readings in 2020 and are moving forward in the legislative process. | |
| Cooperation Agreements | |
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| Ratification of Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Court (APIC): | No. |
| Signature of Agreement of Enforcement Sentences with the ICC: | No. |
| Signature of Agreement of Interim and Final Release with the ICC: | No. |
| Signature of Bilateral Immunity Agreement with the USA: | Yes, signed at Washington on 8 October 2003 and entered into force on 3 November 2003. |