THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA’S COMBINED REPORT ON THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN & PEOPLES’ RIGHTS & INITIAL REPORT ON THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA to Trafficking in Persons. The Acts have also provided concrete guidelines and procedures to guide the identification and prosecution of perpetrators. Furthermore, it has provided actors involved in combating Trafficking in Person with the legal backing to conduct advocacy programs. In spite of all the laws and policy framework put in place, NAATIP is yet to meet the required standard for the eliminating of trafficking due to inadequate funding, human and material resources to name a few. NAATIP is yet to fully implement the anti-trafficking national action plan, investigate and prosecuted its cases due to insufficient funding. Since 2017, the Agency has been ranked Tier 21 watch list as per the USTIP report, from a TIER 3 ranking since its creation. The Gambia has signed and ratified the Palermo Protocol which is the Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish those involved in trafficking in person especially women and children. The Protocol supplements the UN Conventions against Transnational Organised Crime. ARTICLE 6: RIGHT TO LIBERTY AND PROTECTION FROM ARBITIARY ARREST “Every individual shall have the right to liberty and to the security of his person. No one may be deprived of his freedom except for reasons and conditions previously laid down by law. In particular, no one may be arbitrarily arrested or detained”. Section 19 of The Gambian Constitution guarantees “every person” the right to liberty and security of person. This means the right to personal liberty and security of person is applicable to all deprivations of liberty, whether in criminal cases or in other cases such as, mental illness and immigration control. The Constitution prohibits arbitrary arrest or detention and no one is to be deprived of his or her liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedures as are established by law. The Constitution provides further that any person who is arrested or detained shall be informed as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any case within three hours, in a language that he or she understands, of the reasons for his or her arrest or detention and of his or her right to consult a legal practitioner. Persons who are arrested or detained for the purpose of bringing them before a court in execution of the order of a court 1 USTIP Report 2017 34