GHANA CIVIL SOCIETY COMES TOGETHER AGAINST FORMER DICTATOR Yahya Jammeh Context Campaign to bring former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh and his accomplices to justice Suspect Former Gambian (1994–2016) president Country of residence of suspect Equatorial Guinea Charges Complicity in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions Jammeh, is alleged to have carried out the killings. Procedure In May 2018, the families of the victims and a coalition of local and international NGOs asked Ghanaian authorities to open an investigation against Yahya Jammeh. The report and a legal brief about the case were also transmitted to Ghanaian authorities by TRIAL International and Human Rights Watch. The Ghanaian Inspector General of Police and later the government, through its Minister of Information, stated that “the government had tasked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Attorney-General’s Department to study the request” and “advise the government on the way forward.” According to the group, Ghana is competent to investigate and prosecute the crime on the basis of universal jurisdiction, part of Ghanaian legal framework, notably for cases of enforced disappearances. Read more about the case Current status Pending investigation Facts An investigation conducted by Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International revealed that a paramilitary unit controlled by then-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh allegedly summarily executed more than 50 West African migrants (including some 44 Ghanaians) in July 2005. The migrants, who were bound for Europe but were suspected of being mercenaries, were murdered after having been detained by Yahya Jammeh’s closest deputies in the army, navy, and police forces. The “Junglers”, a notorious unit that took its orders directly from Yahya 56