Mauritania

Region
Africa
Regional Court
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
Regional Organisations
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
African Union
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Arab League
Legal System
Mixed
International Obligations
Slavery
Servitude
Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
Forced Labour
Human Trafficking

International Instruments

1926 Slavery Convention
06 June 1986
1953 Protocol to the Slavery Convention
06 June 1986
1956 Supplementary Slavery Convention
06 June 1986
1966 ICCPR
17 November 2004
1930 Forced Labour Convention
20 June 1961
2014 Protocol to the 1930 Forced Labour Convention
09 February 2016
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
03 April 1997
1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
03 December 2001
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
22 July 2005
1998 Rome Statute of the ICC
Not Party

Summary of Domestic Prohibition

Slavery and Slave Trade
Practices Similar to Slavery
Servitude
Forced or Compulsory Labour
Human Trafficking
Provisions related to slavery are found in the Constitution at article 13 which declares that no one shall be reduced to slavery and in the 2015 Law Criminalising Slavery and Penalising Slavery which criminalises slavery under article 7 and various acts against enslaved persons under articles 11-16.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Mauritania which prohibits institutions and practices similar to slavery, although the 2015 Law Criminalising Slavery criminalises servile marriage (article 8), serfdom (article 9), and debt bondage (article 10). Article 331 of the Penal Code also criminalises some acts relating to adoption ‘in the spirit of lucre’.
Provisions related to servitude are found in the Constitution at article 13 which declares that no one shall be reduced to any form of servitude.
Provisions related to forced labour are found in the Labour Code which criminalises forced labour under article 5.
Provisions related to trafficking in persons are found in the 2003 Law on the Suppression of Trafficking in Persons which criminalises trafficking under articles 4 and 5.

Legislative Provisions

MAURITANIA CONSTITUTION 1991 (WITH AMENDMENTS THROUGH 2012)

LAW NO. 2015-031 CRIMINALIZING SLAVERY AND PENALIZING SLAVERY

PENAL CODE 1983

LAW NO 017/2004 ON THE LABOUR CODE

ACT NO 025/2003 ON THE SUPPRESSION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

ACT NO 052/2001 ON THE PERSONAL STATUS CODE

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