N° Instruments Date of adoption 1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 2 United Nations Convention Against Corruption 2003 3 4 5 6 7 8 Date Ratified Preamble to the Constitution of 20 July 1991 Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination 1965 Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 1979 1990 1990 2003 Convention on the Rights of the Child Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance 1988 1990 1989 2006 2010 2006 2012 1966 15 1999 Reservations or observations Incorporated into the preamble to the Constitution of 20 July 1991 Reservation: Art. 14: Mauritania did not make the declaration under article 14 of the Convention recognizing the competence of the committee to receive and consider communications from individuals Reservations: Art.13, para. (a) Art.16 Reservation: Convention approved in its entirety and in each part which is not contrary to Islamic law Reservations: Art.18, paragraphs 2-3 and 4, and Art.23, para. 4