Background information about Mauritania:
- BBC country profile: Mauritania
- Governments on the WWW: Mauritania
- politicalresources.net: Mauritania
- allAfrica.com: Mauritania
- OHCHR country page on Mauritania
- UPR Documentation on Mauritania
Universal Periodic Review
Mauritania was examined under the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review mechanism during the 9th session of the UPR Working Group on 1 - 12 November 2010.
- UPR Documentation on Mauritania, including outcome report
Treaty Bodies
Forthcoming
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Mauritania will be examined by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - at its 49th session, 12-30 November 2012 in Geneva.
NGOs - including churches and related organizations - can submit written information in the form of a "parallel" report concerning the status of implementation of economic, social and cultural rights in Mauritania. NGOs should deliver 25 copies of their report and summary to the secretariat a week prior to the session for distribution to Committee members. Where possible, it is useful to submit a summary of the report in all the working languages of the Committee. Communication regarding submissions to the Committee may be addressed to gro.rhcho|rcsec#gro.rhcho|rcsec.
Recent
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Mauritania was examined by a Pre-Sessional Working Group of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - during the period 5-9 December 2011 in Geneva.
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Mauritania was examined by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - at its 51st session (25 May - 12 June 2009) in Geneva.
