Mauritania: Today - UNHRC Delegates Praised Slave-Holding Mauritania On Human Rights

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Geneva — Country speakers taking the floor today at the UN Human Rights Council showered praise on Mauritania during a mandatory human rights review that all UN member states undergo every five years. (See quotes below).

While the UN procedure known as Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is meant to scrutinize governments and thereby strengthen the basic rights and freedoms of their citizens, according to a UN Watch count, 83 out of 98 countries that spoke today at the UNHRC--85 percent--praised Mauritania for its human rights achievements.

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