At the international level:
- The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2012);
- The International Convention for the Protection of Persons against
Enforced Disappearances (2012
- The Convention and Protocol on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(2010)
10. The Commission further commends the State for the measures taken to popularise the
human rights instruments, in particular by the following means:
- Translation into the four national languages, simplification by providing
guidance and the organisation of large-scale awareness raising campaigns
through the public media (radio and television channels),
- Organisation of community-based campaigns in collaboration with
NGOs,
- Establishment of programmes supervised by the Communication
Department of the Ministry of Social, Children and Family Affairs (MASEF)
through its regional coordination mechanisms.
- Establishment in the regions of Child Rights Movements made up
essentially of Departmental Child Rights Promotion Units;
- Annual organisation of child rights awareness raising campaigns during
Child Rights Days;
- Training of civil society stakeholders on child rights.
- Organisation of sensitisation campaigns in all the Wilayas of the country;
- Training of several organisations of persons with disabilities concerning
their rights.
- Organisation of training seminars and awareness-raising campaigns among
police officers with a focus on prohibition of torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
- Organisation of workshops for magistrates and criminal investigation
police officers on pre-trial detention issues and combating torture;
Civil and Political Rights
11. The Commission commends Mauritania for the non-existence of a prisoner of
conscience.
Administration of Criminal Justice
12. The Commission takes note of the following:
i. The establishment of judicial assistance provided for by Law No. 2015-031 of
10 September, 2015 ;
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