fatou bensouda, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. were born in gambia to a muslim family. you studied law in nigeria. then you returned to gambia in 1987 to work as a public prosecutor. why did you want to go into law? i believe it is this, you know, sense of right and wrong, and justice, that something which isjust in me. and the fact that i also grew up in a community where you really see that there are some people, maybe the vulnerable in society, women, children, who actually do not receive the protective embrace of the law. and i was exposed in a community where i have seen this, where i have seen especially women undergo domestic violence. the parents always tell them that it is the right of the husband, for instance. if you go to the police they will say it's a civil matter and that they cannot interfere. and i had the opportunity also to serve as a clerk of court in the high court of the gambia, and this exposed me to some of the horrors that befell these women, domestic violence. and i made up my mind at a very early age tha