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Assistant Secretary Fatty

Abdoulie Fatty

Abdoulie Fatty
Abdoulie Fatty has LLB (Hons) and LLM in International Human Rights Law and Practice from York Law School and the Centre for Applied Human Rights, the University of York, United Kingdom. Abdoulie completed his mandatory Bar vocational training at BPP University in Leeds, U.K. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, London. He was the recipient of the Inner Temple Exhibition Award for the Bar course and the Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Award for call to the Bar. Abdoulie recently served as UNDP Legal Consultant at the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). He provided legal analysis and contributed to the drafting of the TRRC’s final report (comprising the findings and recommendations) to establish credible transitional justice processes and mechanisms to promote reconciliation and sustainable peace following twenty-two years of brutal dictatorship. Alongside an international consultant, Abdoulie was the UNDP local consultant that developed the Rule of Law Roadmap 2020-2025 that seeks to strengthen the rule of law, enhance justice and security service delivery. Abdoulie found A. Fatty & Co Law Firm in October 2018. He has a diverse practice and regularly appears in the Magistrates’ Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He represents clients in both criminal and civil matters. Abdoulie has passion for human rights, constitutional and administrative law, transitional justice and democratisation. Abdoulie has recently been involved in public interest litigation with regards important constitutional matters before the High Court and the Supreme Court.

From 2016 to 2018, Abdoulie was junior partner at Dandimayo Chambers where he acted for clients in both civil and criminal matters. These include commercial, contractual and property disputes. Abdoulie also represented defendants charged with serious offences such as murder, rape, economic crimes and drug possession and trafficking.

Abdoulie was appointed a Magistrate at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court in 2015 following his return home from England. He presided over cases ranging from misdemeanour criminal offences to felonies, as well as civil disputes such as simple contractual disputes and contentious corporate and commercial transactions. He proactively promoted and strengthened respect for the rule of law by dispensing justice expeditiously and fairly. 

Abdoulie was appointed by the Chief Justice to Head the Special Narcotics Court in Banjul in January 2016 and was responsible for all drug cases in the Banjul. He dispensed a large volume of cases by propagating an ingenious approach to justice and respect for the principle of the rule of law by convicting offenders and sentencing them to time served and ordering their immediate release from prison. Many of these convicts had spent many years in prison. Abdoulie says that he derived a great deal of satisfaction from his liberal and human rights based approach to delivering justice.  

Abdoulie also served as Chairman of the Banjul Industrial Tribunal, presiding over labour disputes in the private sector. He protected the rights of workers by delivering just and equitable justice.

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