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Mauritania Fifth Meeting of the EU Network of Contact Points on Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Letter to Heads of Delegations to the Article 36 Committee We are writing in advance of the upcoming Article 36 Committee meeting in Brussels, at which you will discuss the EU Network of contact points in respect of persons responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (EU Network). With this letter, the undersigned organizations wish to share their assessment of the EU Network’s achievements to date and urge the Article 36 Committee to support the strengthening of the EU Network, notably through the creation of a permanent secretariat. April 1, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version Letter to the Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Urging the Organisation to Improve and Strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism Human Rights Watch writes to urge Dr. Ihsanoglu to use his position as Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to support measures at the upcoming Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference in Dakar, Senegal on March 13-14 that would improve and strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism. In particular, we urge the OIC to consider two amendments to the Convention in order to narrow its overbroad definition of terrorism and to make absolutely clear that there is no sanction in Islam for deliberately attacking civilians, whatever the circumstances or justifications. March 11, 2008 Letter Also available in 
Printer friendly version Letter to H.E. Alpha Konare of the AU on the situation in Kenya Your Excellency, Human Rights Watch very much welcomes your public statement on the Voice of America on January 27 calling for an immediate end to tensions in Kenya and a durable solution to the current political crisis. January 29, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version Spain: Migrant Children at Risk in Government Facilities Close Canary Islands Emergency Centers and Provide Adequate Care Hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children from Africa held in government facilities in the Canary Islands are at risk of violence and ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. July 26, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Mauritania: No Democracy for Opposition Voices The Mauritanian government's harassment of opposition figures undermines any chance of free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the Mauritanian president today. September 3, 2003 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Global Caste Discrimination Caste-based discrimination blights the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world, and the World Conference Against Racism should have the issue squarely on its agenda, Human Rights Watch urged in a new report released today. August 29, 2001 Press Release Printer friendly version Mauritania: Cease Harassment of Opposition Human Rights Watch condemned the ongoing harassment of opposition leaders and human rights activists in Mauritania and called for the unconditional release from prison of three opposition activists. June 22, 2001 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Mauritania: Cease Harassment of Opposition Human Rights Watch Letter I am writing to express the concern of HRW at the recent trial and conviction of Mohamed Lemine Chbih Ould Cheikh Malainine and two colleagues on charges of "criminal conspiracy". We call for their unconditional release from prison. June 22, 2001 Letter Printer friendly version Mauritania: Government Human Rights Commissions in Africa Compared to other human rights commissions, the Commissariat aux Droits de l'Homme, à la Lutte contre la Pauvreté et à l'Insertion [the Commission on Human Rights, the Fight Against Poverty and Social Inclusion] has both the broadest and the narrowest mandate. On the one hand, it includes poverty eradication and social and economic rights issues as a key part of its mandate, rather than restricting itself to civil and political rights as most commissions in Africa do. On the other hand, its autonomy and powers are so greatly limited by excessive executive control and a mandate that overly stresses human rights education that its ability to redress human rights complaints is heavily circumscribed. January 1, 2001 Multi Country Report Mauritania: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Mauritania signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997. In February 1999, the National Assembly and the Senate passed a law authorizing the President to ratify the treaty.164 Just as Landmine Monitor Report 2000 went to print, on 21 July 2000, Mauritania deposited its instrument of ratification with the United Nations, thus becoming the 100th country to ratify the Mine Ban Treaty. On the occasion, Mauritania's Ambassador to Canada, Adberrahim Ould Hadrami said, "Mauritania is located in the most mine-affected region in the world. Mauritania's ratification of the Ottawa Convention demonstrates our commitment to join the international community in addressing the landmine problem in Africa and elsewhere." August 1, 2000 Multi Country Report Mauritania's Campaign of Terror: State-Sponsored Repression of Black Africans Since 1989, tens of thousands of black Mauritanians have been forcibly expelled and hundreds more have been tortured or killed. An undeclared military occupation of the Senegal River Valley — where many of the blacks live — subjects those who remain to harsh repression. The campaign to eliminate black culture in Mauritania, orchestrated by the white Moor rulers, peaked in the late 1980s and early 1990s and continues today. Mauritania's Campaign of Terror documents the range of human rights abuses that the black Africans have suffered in Mauritania. It shows that the most egregious violations — such as massacres, torture, and slavery — have been accompanied by more insidious forms of de facto discrimination against the black Africans, aimed at ensuring their marginalization from the rest of society and depriving them of their fundamental human rights. HRW Index No.: ISBN 1-56432-133-9 April 1, 1994 Report
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