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OHCHR Mission report
15-16 December 2014 (in French)

Publications

	OHCHR Report 2015
	OHCHR Management Plan 2014-2017
	Human Rights in Action (PDF)
	A Handbook for Civil Society (PDF)

Mauritania

Status of Ratifications
Reporting Status
Standing invitation to Special Procedures
(No invitation extended)
Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

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Mauritania and UN Charter-based Bodies

Mauritania and UN Treaty Bodies

Special Procedures

Country visits by Special Procedures

Most recent Special Procedures' report

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment - Mission to Mauritania (A/HRC/34/54/Add.1)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery - Mission to Mauritania (A/HRC/27/53/Add.1)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences - Mission to Mauritania (A/HRC/15/20/Add.2)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination - Mission to Mauritania (A/HRC/11/36/Add.2)

Report of the Working Group on arbitrary detention - Mission to Mauritania (A/HRC/10/21/Add.2)

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Main page of the Special Procedures

Most recent concluding observations

Committee on Migrant Workers
Concluding observations (2016) CMW/C/MRT/CO/1

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding observations (2014) CEDAW/C/MRT/CO/2-3

Human Rights Committee
Concluding observations (2013) CCPR/C/MRT/CO/1

Committee against Torture
Concluding observations (2013) CAT/C/MRT/CO/1

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations (2012) E/C.12/MRT/CO/1

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2009) CRC/C/MRT/CO/2

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (2004) CERD/C/65/CO/5

>>Full list of documents in the Treaty Body Database

OHCHR in Mauritania

On 22 September 2009, an Agreement was signed between OHCHR and the Government of Mauritania to establish the OHCHR Country Office in Nouakchott. On 9 December 2010, the Office was officially inaugurated. Since its establishment, the Office has been monitoring the human rights situation and offering technical assistance to the Government as well as to the civil society organisations, including in the fight against discrimination and slavery and in reforming the justice system.
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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Middle East and North Africa Section
Tel. +41 22 928 9153

Office

Address : Rue Mamadou Konaté, Tevragh Zeina, Ilot A, no 640, Boite Postale 4088, Nouakchott, Mauritania
Téléphone : +22245241862
Fax : +22245240140
Web site: www.ohchr.org

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