Mauritania: Slavery and Racism June, 2016 Representation of Haratin in Mauritania Statistic numbers collected by IRA Mauritanie
Abidine Merzough USA Presentation June 2016
Prepared by:
Abidine MERZOUGH
IRA Section Europe
Initiative pour la Résurgence du mouvement Abolitionniste (IRA- Mauritanie)
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITIONS
June 2016: James Lawson Award Non Violance, Boston USA
1848 Colonial decret (=> France) 1961 The national constitution (=> Universal Declaration) 1969 Circulair N° 08 (fighting the practice of the slavery) 1981 Ordonnance no 081-234 (abolishing the slavery) 2003 Law no 025/2003 (HumanTraficking&Sexual abuse) 2007 Law n° 2007 – 048 ( Slavery Prohibition) 2012 Law: Slavery become crime against humany 2015 Law 2007-48 revised 2015 Special courts (3x) to follow Slavery cases
Several Laws to end Slavery in Mauritania, but without success
Initiative pour la Résurgence du mouvement Abolitionniste (IRA- Mauritanie)
