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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Strengthening the
Protection of Children through the Law against Human Trafficking Dr Haimoud
Ramdan, Charge d’Affaires,
Department of Justice, At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 19 June
2011] The commercial
sexual exploitation of children for commercial purposes has developed
gradually in ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Country
Monitoring Report [PDF] ECPAT International,
2007 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Global_Monitoring_Report-MAURITANIA.pdf [accessed 3
September 2020] Desk review of
existing information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in
Mauritania. The report looks at protection mechanisms, responses, preventive
measures, child and youth participation in fighting SEC, and makes
recommendations for action against SEC. Human
Rights Reports » 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,
March 10, 2020 www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/mauritania/ [accessed 3
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prohibits sexual relations with a child
younger than 18, with penalties of six months to two years in prison and a
12,000- to 18,000-ouguiya ($333 to $500) fine. Possession of child
pornography is illegal, with penalties of two months to one year in prison
and a fine of 16,000 to 30,000 ouguiyas ($444 to $833). Commercial sexual
exploitation of children is illegal, and conviction carries penalties of five
to 10 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 to one million ouguiyas ($13,890
to $27,780). NGOs asserted the laws were not properly enforced. 2018 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor Office of Child
Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, US Dept of Labor, 2019 www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2018/ChildLaborReportBook.pdf [accessed 3
September 2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 775] Children in
Mauritania, especially from the Haratine ethnic minority,
continue to be exploited as slaves and endure slave-like practices,
particularly in rural and remote areas of the country. Some children are born
into slavery; others are born free but remain in a dependent status and are
forced to work with their parents for their former masters in exchange for
food, money, and lodging. (4,6,8,9,19-22) Child
slaves herd animals, such as cattle and goats; perform domestic labor; and
are often sexually exploited. (4,6,15,16,23) Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 12 October 2001 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/mauritania2001.html [accessed 20
February 2011] [53] The Committee
encourages the State party to ratify the Optional Protocols to the Convention
on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and
child pornography, and on the involvement of children in armed conflict. Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report
on implementation of the Agenda for Action ECPAT International,
November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13
September 2011] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – A Situational
Analysis of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Mauritania [PDF] Maye Mint Haidy, ECPAT International, March 2003 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 19 June
2011] [2.1.1]
PROSTITUTION
- Prostitution is essentially an urban phenomenon in ECPAT Directory:
Middle East & North Africa - ANAIF-PIE ECPAT International www.ecpat.net/EI/Ecpat_directory.asp?id=40&groupID=5 [accessed 19 June
2011] Association Nationale pour l’Appui à l’Initiative Féminine la
Protection Infantile et Environnementale
(ANAIF-PIE) was created in 1995 by a group of women who recognised
the need to promote gender equity in ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** ECPAT Global
Monitoring Report on the status of action against commercial exploitation of
children - MAURITANIA [PDF] ECPAT International,
2007 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/AF/Global_Monitoring_Report-MAURITANIA.pdf [accessed 19 June
2011] Commercial sexual
exploitation of children (CSEC) appears to be a relatively recent phenomenon
in Child prostitution
in Mauritania is essentially an urban phenomenon, found primarily in capitals
and large cities, where foreign and local tourists and expatriates are
common. It has been reported that parents often send girls from the
countryside to larger cities to find work and some of them end up living in
houses where prostitution is practiced. The parents receive small amounts of
money from their children and often remain ignorant as to its exact source. A number of studies
focusing on street children found that many are being exploited through
prostitution, including boys. According to a study by Father François Lefort, street children are targeted by unscrupulous
adults, often foreigners, who exploit them either as pimps or directly. In a
2003 report, he attested to having treated 103 children abused by seven westerners.
He also reported that, out of 400 children living without their families in
the streets of The Department of
Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/mauritania.htm [accessed 20
February 2011] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor CHILD
LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - The Criminal Code establishes strict penalties for engaging
in prostitution or procuring prostitutes, ranging from fines to imprisonment
for 2 to 5 years for cases involving minors. The Law Against Human
Trafficking expands the scope of trafficking for cases involving children.
Fines for violation of the law include 5 to 10 years of forced labor and a
fine. In addition, the Criminal Code sets a penalty of 5 to 10 years’
imprisonment for the use of fraud or violence to abduct minors. All
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