Beyond abolition: Ending Slavery in Mauritania [1]: “Slaves in Mauritania do not have a legal right to own property, let alone have a surname. Nor do they have a right to custody of their children. The 2007 law criminalizing the ownership of slaves was received with resistance and scoffing. The director of the Mauritanian governmentâs Human Right Commission, Bamariam Koita even defended the fact that as of yet, no one had been prosecuted under the law.”
Mauritania: Ending Slavery in Mauritania
· Written by Ndesanjo Macha
Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Mauritania, Human Rights, Humanitarian Response