Mauritania slavery persists despite law, UN mission finds
04/11/2009
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 mission to the country to evaluate the effectiveness of legislation criminalising slavery, said that all forms of slavery exist in the country, including "child labour, domestic work, child marriages and human trafficking". The mission's findings will be presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in 2010.
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