Mauritania

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Mauritania: Alkarama submits shadow report to the UN Committee against Torture ahead of July 24-25 review

(Geneva, July 5, 2018) – In the context of the periodic review of Mauritania by the UN Committee against Torture (CAT), which is set to take place on July 24 and 25, 2018, Alkarama submitted its shadow report on June 25, 2018.

06 Jul 2018
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Following review, recommendation made to downgrade status of Mauritanian national human rights body due to lack of compliance with Paris Principles

Following the examination of the Mauritanian National Commission on Human Rights (CNDH) in November 2017, the Subcommittee on Accreditation (SCA) of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) recommended that the CNDH be downgraded from A to B status given its lack of compliance with the

19 Feb 2018
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Mauritania: Submission of Alkarama’s Contribution to the List of Issues to the Committee Against Torture

In view of the second periodic review of Mauritania by the Committee against Torture (CAT), Alkarama submitted on 26 June 2017 its contribution to the List of Issues prepared by the Committee’s experts.

10 Jul 2017
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Our concerns
  • Systematic violations of the right to peaceful assembly through the use of excessive force and arrests of demonstrators;
  • Judicial persecution of human rights defenders, activists and peaceful political opponents;
  • Torture and poor prison conditions as well as lack of independent and effective preventive and complaints mechanisms.
Human Rights Instruments
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
ICCPR Ratified ?
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ICCPR Ratification Date
Individual Complaint procedure with the Human Rights committee (ICCPR Optional protocol 1) Ratified ?
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Second Optional Protocol of ICCPR (abolition of death penalty) ratified ?
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Date last Concluding Observations by Human Rights Committee
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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (UNCAT)
UNCAT Ratified ?
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UNCAT Ratification Date
OPCAT (National Preventive Mechanism) Ratified ?
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OP UNCAT Date
National Preventive Mechanism (OPCAT) created ?
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UNCAT Art 20 (confidential inquiries) ratified ?
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UNCAT Art 22 (Individual Complaint procedure) Ratified ?
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Date of last Concluding Observations by Committee against Torture (CAT)
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International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED)
ICPPED Ratified ?
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ICPPED Ratification Date
ICPPED Art 31 (Individual communications) ratified ?
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ICPPED Art 33 (Inquiry procedure ) ratified ?
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Date last Concluding Observations by Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)
2023-10-04
Next CED State Report Due
OVERDUE - State party did not submit report on time
Human Rights Council
Date last Universal Period Review (UPR)
UPR Next Review
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Membership of Human Rights Council:

2010-2013, 2020-2022

National Human Rights Institution
Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme
Accreditation with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
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Latest Reports

Mauritanie: Comité contre la torture- 2eme rapport périodique - Rapport alternatif- Alkarama juin 2018

Mauritania
Committee Against Torture
Report
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Mauritania: universal periodic review- 2nd cycle- Alkarama's report- mar 2015

Mauritania
Universal Periodic Review
Report
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Mauritania: Universal Periodic Review- 2nd cycle- Alkarama's report- mar 2015

Mauritania
Universal Periodic Review
Report
Mauritania: Human Rights Committee - 1st review - Alkarama's Report - sep 2013

Mauritania: Human Rights Committee - 1st review - Alkarama's Report - sep 2013

Mauritania
Human Rights Committee
Report
Committee against Torture - review - alkarama's report

Mauritania: Committee against Torture - 1st review - alkarama's report - May 2013

Mauritania
Committee Against Torture
Report
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