Mama Fatima Singhateh

Mama Fatima Singhateh is a Gambian lawyer. Former Justice of the High Court and Court of Appeal of The Gambia, Attorney General and Minister of Justice (2014-2015). Since 2020, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children. Quotes Volunteering is good. It's just the unregulated, unskilled volunteering for the purpose of tourism that is not, and it can be made better through regulation. One child sexual abuse incident is one too many. Effective investigation and prosecution are indispensable in curbing the culture of silence surrounding child sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation. With the emergence of new forms and manifestation of sexual exploitation of children through communication technologies, the need to tackle online child sexual exploitation and abuse cannot be over-emphasized. Access to justice, reparations and rehabilitation of child victims of sale, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation is an important aspect in addressing this scourge. I was not used by anybody; I cannot be used by anybody. I'm not denying that The Gambia had human rights issues. I will be pretending or I will be fooling myself if I thought that we had a perfect human rights record. But no country in this world has a perfect human rights record. The limited application of legislative and policy initiatives represents perhaps the most significant challenge to addressing these crimes. Above all, I will consult children on the realities of their lives as we confront the gravity of the continued practice of sale and sexual exploitation of children worldwide. External links Category:Gambian lawyers Category:Gambian women Category:Gambian judges Category:Attorneys general of the Gambia Category:United Nations special rapporteurs Category:Living people