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Mauritania: Slavery and Racism June, 2016 Representation of Haratin in Mauritania Statistic numbers collected by IRA Mauritanie Prepared by: Abidine MERZOUGH IRA Section Europe I nitiative pour la R ésurgence du mouvement A bolitionniste ( IRA - Mauritanie) 1/6

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITIONS OUR 3M ONE MISSION : => MAURITANIA FREE ONE MOUVEMENT :=> IRA UNIFIED ONE METHOD : =>NON VIOLENT &CLAIR December 2011 : Human Rights Award of the City Weimar, Germany Décembre 2013 : Human Rights Award, Front Line Defenders, Dublin, Irland July 2014: Award « Echoes of Africa», Philadelphia, USA December 2014 : United Nations Award, Washington, USA December 2015 : Award «Human Rights Tulip», The Hague, Netherland June 2016: James Lawson Award Non Violance, Boston USA I nitiative pour la R ésurgence du mouvement A bolitionniste ( IRA - Mauritanie) 2/6

Statistic: Racism & Exclusion of the Black population since independance [% Rate] Baydhanes (Moores) Negros REPRESENTATION IN: GOVERNEMENT, DIPLOMATIE, ARMY, SECURITY; JUSTICE,… Haratines Year 3/11 3/6 I nitiative pour la R ésurgence du mouvement A bolitionniste ( IRA - Mauritanie)

The Invisible Majority : The black ethnics in Mauritania 90 Moors (Arab/Berbers) Haratine( African) Others (African) 78 80 75 69 70 60 50 50 40 30 25 25 19 20 15 14 12 10 8 10 0 Population (E- Parliament Gouvernement (32 Admin (200 no- stimated 3,5M) (147D/56S 203) minster 2015) minatiotion 2012) Data 2015 Data 2015 Data 2012 Data Estimated 2014 4/6 I nitiative pour la R ésurgence du mouvement A bolitionniste ( IRA - Mauritanie)

Control of Power: representation in Key positions in Mauritania 2 3 1 5/6 I nitiative pour la R ésurgence du mouvement A bolitionniste ( IRA - Mauritanie)

Several Laws to end Slavery in Mauritania, but withou success  1848 Colonial decret (=> France)  1961 The national constitution (=> Universal Declaration)  1969 Circulair N° 08 (fighting the practice of the slavery)  1981 Ordonnance no 081-234 (abolishing the slavery)  2003 Law no 025/2003 (HumanTraficking&Sexual abuse)  2007 Law n° 2007 – 048 ( Slavery Prohibition)  2012 Law: Slavery become crime against humany  2015 Law 2007-48 revised  2015 Special courts (3x) to follow Slavery cases 6/6 I nitiative pour la R ésurgence du mouvement A bolitionniste ( IRA - Mauritanie)