ABIDJAN (17 November 2023) – A UN expert today welcomed steps taken by Côte d’Ivoire to eliminate child labour and trafficking in persons but urged the Government and businesses to do more to address...

GENEVA (10 November 2023) – Commending Australia’s efforts to combat the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, a UN expert today urged the Government to bridge remaining gaps. In a...

We are deeply alarmed by reports that women and girls are being abducted and held in inhuman, degrading slave-like conditions in areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur, where...

GENEVA (26 October 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, Mama Fatima Singhateh, will visit Australia from 30 October to 10 November 2023...

NEW YORK (6 October 2023) –Voluntourism must be regulated and monitored, to protect children from exploitation and sexual abuse, a UN expert told the General Assembly yesterday. “The post pandemic...

GENEVA (26 September 2023) – Centering people, planet and prosperity, can be better achieved when children are protected from forced labour, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, a UN expert said...

In the present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 76/147, the Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children describes the activities undertaken in relation to the discharge of her mandate since her previous report to the Assembly (A/77/140).

MONTEVIDEO (26 May 2023) – The Government of Uruguay has taken important steps to address the sale, sexual exploitation and abuse of children, but a more holistic and focused approach is needed to...

GENEVA (15 May 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, Mama Fatima Singhateh, will visit Uruguay from 16 to 26 May 2023. The Special Rapporteur...