The Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children works on behalf of the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the exploitation of children around the world and make recommendations to governments on how to end such practices.
Islam is the major religion in the Gambia,representing 97% of the 2 million population,with the first Muslim communities in the country arriving in 11th century. Islam has therefore had an influence on the Gambia throughout history,and continues to impact its culture,society and politics. The majority of The Gambia's Muslims are Sunni belonging to the Maliki school of jurisprudence,influenced with Sufism. There is a smaller Shiite community,largely stemming from Lebanese and Arab migration. The Ahmadiyya movement is also present. Other religious societies exist in the country,including Catholics,Protestants,Hindus and Traditional African religions.
Paul Hunt is British-New Zealand human rights expert who specialises in economic,social and cultural rights. In January 2019,he took up office as Chief Commissioner at the New Zealand Human Rights Commission.
Cherno Sulayman Jallow is a Gambian lawyer and judge who serves as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia. He previously served as Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands from 1999 to 2007.
Hassan Bubacar Jallow is a Gambian judge who has served as Chief Justice of the Gambia since February 2017. He was the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) from 2003 to 2016,and Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) from 2012 to 2016,both at the rank of United Nations Under Secretary-General. He served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General from 1984 to 1994 under President Dawda Jawara.
Female genital mutilation (FGM),also known as female genital cutting (FGC),female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision,is practiced in 30 countries in western,eastern,and north-eastern Africa,in parts of the Middle East and Asia,and within some immigrant communities in Europe,North America and Australia. The WHO defines the practice as "all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia,or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons."
Thea Tsulukiani is a Georgian politician who is currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture,Sport and Youth of Georgia. She previously served as Minister of Justice from October 2012 to October 2020. Prior to her ministerial roles,she ran as a candidate for the Free Democrats (Georgia),and was elected as Member of Parliament for Nazaladevi,a single- mandate constituency of the capital,with 72% of the vote. She resigned on 29 September 2020,effective 1 October. Since December,2020 she is a member of Parliament of Georgia.
Women in law describes the role played by women in the legal profession and related occupations,which includes lawyers,paralegals,prosecutors,judges,legal scholars,law professors and law school deans.
Isatou Touray is a Gambian politician,activist,and social reformer. A noted campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM),she became the first female Gambian presidential candidate in 2016,before dropping out to endorse Adama Barrow and Coalition 2016. She then served in Barrow's cabinet,as trade minister,and then as health minister. On 15 March 2019,Touray became Vice-President of The Gambia,replacing her predecessor,Ousainou Darboe in a major cabinet reshuffle.
Fátima Djarra Sani is a Guinea-Bissau feminist activist concerned with visibility of African women and preventing female genital mutilation (FGM).
Marie Saine-Firdaus is a Gambian lawyer and politician.
Raymond Claudius Sock is a Gambian judge who currently serves as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia. He had previously served as a Justice from 2012 to 2015,when he was dismissed by President Yahya Jammeh.
Adriana Kaplan Marcusán is an Argentine anthropologist and Director of the NGO Wassu Gambia Kafo (WGK) and the Wassu Foundation of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She is expert in sexual and reproductive health with a focus on the prevention of female genital mutilation (FGM).
Basiru V.P. Mahoney is a Gambian lawyer,politician and judge who served as Attorney General of The Gambia from 27 August 2014 to 9 January 2015. He previously served as the Solicitor General and Legal Secretary between May 2013 and August 2014 and as a Judge of the High Court between 2009 and 2013. Basiru Mahoney currently serves as a Judge of the Court of Appeal of The Gambia.
Gita Honwana Welch is a freelance consultant in the field of international development aid and a former employee of the United Nations. On the basis of her varied national and international functions,she has been and is a participant and speaker at various conferences and working meetings. Honwana Welch comes from Mozambique.
Fatou Jagne Senghore also known as Fatou Jagne Senghor is a Gambian jurist,human rights advocate,women's rights and free expression activist. She is well known for her work in human rights in West Africa especially in The Gambia and Senegal She earned the nickname of "Senegambian Iron Lady" for her efforts defending human rights in The Gambia under the autocratic leadership of Yahya Jammeh.
Fatou Sanyang Kinteh also known as Fatou Kinteh is a Gambian politician and women's rights activist. She currently serves as the Gambian minister for women's affairs,children,and social welfare. She also serves as the national coordinator of The Gambia for Gender-Based Violence and Female Genital Mutilation.
Fatou Baldeh MBE is a Gambian women's rights activist who campaigns to end female genital mutilation (FGM).
Naceesay Salla-Wadda also spelt either as Na Ceesay Salla Wadda or Naceesay Sallah-Wadda is a Gambian lawyer and legal expert.
