Terre des hommes Italy assists 100,000 children and 400,000 people with 70 projects in 23 countries.We carry out humanitarian relief and international development projects in child protection.In Italy we are engaged in sensitisation and advocacy...
The social purpose of Dynamo International is development cooperation especially in the fields related to children and youth in street situation, education and social street work.
The challenge is that all around the world, every person, child and...
Located in West Africa, Mauritania borders Algeria, Mali, Senegal and the Western Sahara. A 2005 coup and subsequent reform process seemed to signal a transition towards democracy, but the government elected in 2007 was ousted again a year later by...
Summary: Amnesty International commended the commitment shown by those African states that have ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (the African Children's Charter). Amnesty International commended the commitment...
Summary: Thirty four Islamic scholars in Mauritania have signed a fatwa, or religious opinion, banning the practice of female genital mutilation.
The fatwa, signed in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, states that the procedure has been proven to...
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures. This does not include the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which are...
Summary: They get up at dawn, have to do strenuous jobs and are exposed to physical or sexual violence. These little girls, sometimes as young as 6, are domestic workers. In Mauritania, the phenomenon is widespread in the most underprivileged...
Summary: This report compiles all mentions of children's rights in the Concluding Observations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Last Examined: 27 April- 11 May 2005
The Report was presented by a Delegation led by...
[26 June 2013] -
Police in Mauritania are using torture to coerce men, women and children to confess to crimes while in custody, Amnesty International said after a 10-day research mission.
The delegation in Mauritania interviewed around 60...
To educate the public, the bar (lawyers), and the judiciary (judges) about the harm caused by all forms of childhood genital cutting, including female genital cutting (also known as female genital mutilation or FGM), male genital cutting (also known...
