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Mauritania

SDG indicator 8.7.1 Proportion of children engaged in economic activity
With household chores - age 5-17 (2015) Without household chores - age 5-17 (2015)
Total 12.6 % 14 %
Female 10.4 % 12.6 %
Male 14.8 % 15.4 %
SDG indicator 5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20 - 24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
15.50%
Before age 15 (2021)
36.60%
Before age 18 (2021)
Latest ratifications - View all
C100
03 Dec 2001
Ratified
P029
09 Feb 2016
Ratified
C143
23 Sep 2019
Ratified
SDG indicator 16.2.2 Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population
2007
2008
2009
2010
5
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
0.84
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
SDG indicator 16.2.2 Number of victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude and slavery, per 100,000 population
2007
2008
2009
2010
0.14
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Source: ILO Normlex

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Priorities

  • Revise the policy framework against forced labour and child labour. The impact of conflict and violence, as well as the forced return of migrants, must be better reflected in the national policy framework. Children of migrants should be granted access to education. Adults and youth above the minimum age should be provided with legal remedies in cases of non-payment of wages. The governance and oversight of the informal sector must be improved.

 

 

Progress

Child Labour

  • List of Hazardous work for children was finalized

Human Trafficking

  • National Action Plan against Human Trafficking was adopted.
  • Two draft laws were submitted to parliament:
    • “Draft law on the prevention and suppression of trafficking in persons and the protection of victims”
    • “Draft law for the modification of certain provisions of Law No. 2010- 021 of February 10, 2010 relating to the fight against the smuggling of migrants”.

 

 

International Instruments

Area Ilo Instrument Status Ratification date CEACR comments
Child Labour
C138
Ratification of C138 - Minimum Age Convention (1973)
In Force 03 Dec 2001
Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery
C182
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999)
In Force 03 Dec 2001
Child Labour, Modern Slavery
C029
Forced Labour Convention (1930)
In Force 20 Jun 1961
Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery
P029
Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention (1930)
In Force 09 Feb 2016
Forced Labour, Modern Slavery
C105
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (1957)
In Force 03 Apr 1997
Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery
C143
Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention (1975)
In Force 23 Sep 2019
Freedom of Association
C087
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948)
In Force 20 Jun 1961
Freedom of Association
C098
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949)
In Force 03 Dec 2001
Discrimination
C100
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
In Force 03 Dec 2001
Discrimination
C111
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958)
In Force 08 Nov 1963

Milestones

2016

Mauritania becomes one of the first countries to ratify the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930.

2015

Mauritania adopts theNational Plan of Action for the Elimination of Child Labour. The country joins the Bridge project, funded by the US Department of Labor, which aims to strengthen the capacity of relevant ministries and stakeholders to develop, implement, and monitor policies and national action plans on forced labour, provide capacity building to improve law enforcement, and support public awareness campaigns to address all forms of forced labour.

2005

Mauritania ratifies the Palermo Protocol on Trafficking in Persons. The country commits to taking measures against transnational organized crime.

RESOURCES
Mauritina
Mauritanie Rapport annuel de pays pionnier Mai 2020 - Avril 2021