Slavery persists in Mauritania despite a legal crackdown on the centuries-old practice, a U.N. investigator said on Tuesday after a 10-day tour. A 2007 law criminalizing slavery in the west African desert state is not being... [read full story]
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Woensdag 4 november 2009 | United Nations (UN) ] 4 November 2009 - While noting the significant steps that have been taken in Mauritania to tackle slavery, an independent United Nations human rights expert today called for a...
While noting the significant steps that have been taken in Mauritania to tackle slavery, an independent United Nations human rights expert today called for a comprehensive strategy to put an end to this scourge, warning of its...
While noting the significant steps that have been taken in Mauritania to tackle slavery, an independent United Nations human rights expert today called for a comprehensive strategy to put an end to this scourge, warning of its...
A United Nations expert on contemporary forms of slavery is warning that unaddressed, slavery in all forms may be an obstacle to the stability, sustainable development and prosperity in Mauritania. Ms. Gulnara Shahinian said...
Slavery practices persist in Mauritania despite their formal abolition in 2007, UN Special Rapporteur Gulnara Shahinian said at a press conference in Nouakchott on Tuesday (November 3rd), ANI reported. Shahinian, who led a UN...
Woensdag 4 november 2009 | United Nations (UN) ] NOUAKCHOTT (4 November 2009) - "The Government and civil society organisations have taken significant steps to fight against slavery in Mauritania, but a more a holistic,...
While noting the significant steps that have been taken in Mauritania to tackle slavery, an independent United Nations human rights expert today called for a comprehensive strategy to put an end to this scourge, warning of its...
The Mauritania government has invited a UN special rappoteur on slavery, Gulnara Shahinian, to help fight the issue in the country. Shahinian arrived in Nouakchott on Sunday. According to state news agency, AMI, the rapporteur...
Replies: 0 Last poster: KingsleyKobo at 02-11-2009 21:57 Topic is Open Poised to fight modern day slavery, the Mauritania government has invited a UN special rappoteur on the subject, Gulnara Shahinian, who arrived in...
A United Nations mission will be in Mauritania through November 4th to evaluate slavery practices in the country, ANI and Journal Tahalil reported on Monday (November 2nd). Upon the invitation of the Mauritanian government, the...
International Relations, Intergovernmental Organizations, United Nations, Mauritania
