One year Later: The Landmark Judgement in the case of Saïd and Yarg against Mauritania
Julie Barrière is MRG’s Legal Programmes Assistant and reflects on the one year anniversary of the landmark judgement in a…
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Raising Child Statelessness and Slavery Conditions at the ACERWC, 32nd Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa
Julie Barrière is MRG’s Legal Programmes Assistant and recently travelled to Addis Ababa to meet partners and experts from the…
Ruling by the African Union’s children’s rights committee represents major step forward in fight to eradicate slavery in Mauritania, rights groups say
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and Anti-Slavery International warmly welcome the landmark ruling of the African Committee of Experts on…
Mauritania: Judicial workshops on the application of anti-slavery laws on behalf of Minority Rights Group International and SOS-Esclaves
Duration: September 2016 – August 2018 Regions/countries: Mauritania (Atar, Bassiknou, Nema, Nouakchott) Minorities: Haratines What is this programme about? MRG, in partnership…
Mauritanie: La décision de l’organe Africain sur les Droits de l’Enfant de statuer sur une affaire d’esclavage représente une « lueur d’espoir », disent les organisations de lutte contre l’esclavage
L’audience aujourd’hui tenu par le Comité Africain d’Experts sur les Droits et le Bien-être de l’Enfant (CAEDBE) dans l’affaire de…
Mauritania: Acceptance of slavery case by African child rights body is a ‘ray of hope,’ say anti-slavery organisations
The hearing today by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), of the…
Mauritania: Gender equality for Haratines
Duration: September 2011 – June 2015 Regions/countries: Mauritania Minorities: Haratine women Imagine you do not own your body. Your master…
Enforcing Mauritania’s Anti-Slavery Legislation: The Continued Failure of the Justice System to Prevent, Protect and Punish
Despite the passing of an anti-slavery law in 2007, slavery remains widespread in Mauritania, particularly among the country’s large Haratine…
