The UK welcomed Mauritania’s continued participation in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, acknowledging efforts to improve education access for girls, combat slavery and human trafficking, and collaborate with humanitarian partners. The UK recommended Mauritania advance women’s rights by implementing legislation on gender-based violence, ensuring access to justice, and providing survivor-centred services. It urged stronger efforts to eradicate slavery and discrimination, including hereditary slavery, through enhanced investigations, prosecutions, and victim support. The UK also called for improved judicial protections for migrants and asylum seekers, emphasizing adherence to international frameworks, humane treatment, due process, and prevention of refoulement. The statement was delivered during Mauritania’s UPR review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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