CSU College of Law students, under the supervisions of CSU College of Law’s International Law Center Director and Professor Milena Sterio, are assisting prosecutors in The Gambia, at the Special Tribunal for the Gambia, with evidence gathering and other research (The Gambia Accountability Project). The Project student associates include Morgan Malone, Hailey Moran, Emma Prusha, Cael Shaw, Yulia Engman, Grace Hays, Alexander Munster, and Nura Latif.

The Special Tribunal for the Gambia is a hybrid regional court officially established on December 15, 2024, by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to prosecute gross human rights violations and international crimes committed during the 1994–2017 regime of former dictator Yahya Jammeh. The Tribunal is a hybrid model of accountability, utilizing both Gambian and international judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys. It covers crimes committed between 1994 and 2017, and its jurisdictional mandate covers international crimes such as murder, torture, rape, enforced disappearances.

CSU College of Law students will assist the Tribunal prosecutor with gathering so-called linkage evidence which would tie the former President Jammeh to the commission of these crimes. Students will in particular focus on creating a data base of public statements and other pronouncement by Jammeh, as well as of accompanying military decrees or other executive orders. This type of linkage evidence will assist the prosecutor in demonstrating Jammeh’s responsibility as political and/or military commander. The Gambia Accountability Project is the first of its kind at CSU; it is conducted under the auspices of the CSU College of Law International Law Center.