UN investigates modern-day slavery in Mauritania
2009-11-02
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 experts arrived last week to meet with local officials and NGO representatives in communities where slavery endures. "Mauritania only criminalised slavery in 2007. This visit affords me the opportunity to investigate the impact of the recent legislation," ANI quoted UN Special Rapporteur and mission leader Gulnara Shahinian as saying. The mission's findings will be presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in 2010.
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