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Mauritania

Regional group:

African Group (AG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Council Bureau membership:	Vice-president (2013)
Coordinator of regional group:	–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2023) :

Other HRC positions:	–
OHCHR presence:	Country Office
NHRI accreditation status:	A

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Mauritania is a principal sponsor of three Council resolutions on protection of the family -Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2010, Mauritania has voted (in the absence of consensus) in favour of item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention) resolutions on the situations in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic; against a 2010 resolution on the situation in Sudan and a 2011 resolution on the situation in Iran; and abstained during a number of votes on the situations in Belarus and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Mauritania voted against the item 2 country-specific resolutions that were voted on during its time as member: the 2012 and 2013-texts on the situation in Sri Lanka. For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), Mauritania has consistently voted in favour. Mauritania has joined consensus on all item 10 (capacity-building) resolutions. For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Mauritania has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, Mauritania has generally voted in favour. Notwithstanding, it voted against a 2011 resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity, and abstained during votes on texts dealing with arms transfers and the question of the death penalty. For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Mauritania has either joined consensus on, or has voted in favour of, nearly all adopted texts. The only exception is the 2011 vote on a resolution on international solidarity (it abstained).

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

324

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 98

284

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 46

107

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 61

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Empty chair alert

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in less than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
WG on violence against women, 2016

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

None overdue

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Received Sub-Committee visit

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2010, 2015, 2021)

Mid-term report

Level of delegation

Commissioner

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 6 / 192

2^nd cycle: 24 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2023)?

YES

Response to allegations from government concerned?
NO

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 1

Mauritania tabled voluntary pledges and commitments in support for its candidacy for membership for the period 2010-2013 on 6 April 2010.

The majority of the document presents the accomplishments of Mauritania in the field of human rights. The number of pledges and future commitments is very small and only one of them is ‘specific, measurable and verifiable,’ namely a pledge to support the OHCHR. Other commitments made by Mauritania include: ‘strengthen international cooperation;’ and ‘anchor a culture of human rights.’

Mauritania

African Group (AG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 6 / 192

2nd cycle: 24 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 1

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 6 / 192

2^nd cycle: 24 / 192