A UN human rights expert has called on the authorities in Mauritania to take urgent measures to implement an anti-slavery law which was passed in 2015.<\/p>\n
Following a visit to the West African country, Tomoya Obokata – the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery – said some progress had been made in abolishing the practice but warned much more needed to be done.<\/p>\n
He said people were still being born into slavery and people affected by the practice needed help to seek justice and achieve equality.<\/p>\n
Mr Obokata said people were now more willing to discuss the issue openly. But he said caste-based slavery and chattel slavery \u2013 where one person owns another \u2013 were still happening.<\/p>\n
He warned that a change in the mindset of the country\u2019s leaders was needed – because even though laws had been passed, they were not being implemented. The Japanese scholar said enslaved people in Mauritania – particularly women and children – were subject to violence and sexual abuse.
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