Emil Touray and Saikou Jammeh (represented by IHRDA and Sagar Jahateh) v The Republic of The Gambia (Communication 705 of 2018) [2020] ACHPR 5 (16 August 2020)
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**AFRICAN UNION**
الاتحاد لأفريقي African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights
**UNION AFRICAINE**
**UNIÃO AFRICANA**
Commission Africaine des Droits de l'Homme & des Peuples
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# **Communication 705/18**
# **Emil Touray and Saikou Jammeh (represented by IHRDA** and Sagar Jahateh)
# **The Republic of The Gambia**
Adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights during the 64<sup>th</sup> Ordinary Session from 24<sup>th</sup> April to 14<sup>th</sup> May 2019 Sharm El-Sheikh, Arab Republic of Egypt
**Commissioner Soyata Maiga** Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
**S-DWARRICKIN** L'HOMME ET D'
Dr. Mary Maboreke Secretary to the African Commission on **Human and Peoples' Rights**
## DECISION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' **RIGHTS ON WITHDRAWAL**
Communication 705/18 – Emil Touray and Saikou Jammeh (represented by IHRDA and Sagar Jahateh) v The Republic of The Gambia
#### Summary of the Application for Withdrawal
- 1. The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Secretariat) received a Complaint on 12 September 2018 from Emil Touray and Saikou Jammeh (the Complainants), represented by IHRDA and Sagar Jahateh, against The Republic of The Gambia. - 2. The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Commission) seized the Communication during its 63<sup>rd</sup> Ordinary Session, held from 24 October to 13 November 2018. - 3. A request for withdrawal and discontinuation of the case before the African Commission was received from the representatives of the Complainants on 16 April 2019. The representatives submit that in requesting the withdrawal they are acting on behalf of and under the instructions of the Complainants in this Communication.
### Analysis of the African Commission
- 4. The Commission sees no objection in granting this request. - 5. For this reason the Commission decides to grant the request for withdrawal.
### Decision of the African Commission
6. Based on the above, the Commission declares the Communication closed.
Done in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt during the 64<sup>th</sup> O rdnary Session held from 24 April to 14 May 201 9
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