The Office in Mauritania has a broad mandate through which it can provide technical assistance to all stakeholders and conduct monitoring of human rights violations throughout the country. It has unrestricted access to places of detention. The current thematic priorities focus on non-discrimination, including slavery, the rights of women and girls with a focus on GBV, economic, social and cultural rights and the strengthening of the capacity of the internal security forces, judiciary, government officials, NHRIs and CSOs to address human rights violations.
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