We write in advance of the 69th pre-session of the Committee on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights’ review of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR…

We write in advance of the 80h pre-session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and its review of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against…

(Tunis) - Mauritanian authorities should reverse the recent adoption of a law on apostasy related crimes making the death penalty mandatory for “blasphemous speech” and “sacrilegious acts,” 21 national and international nongovernmental organizations said…