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Domestic Legislation | Resources and Links





Domestic legislation for serious crimes under international law

Crimes

Crime of Aggression

No provision

Crimes Against Humanity

No provision

Genocide

No provision

War Crimes

  • Règlement intérieur du Comité de pilotage du programme national de déminage humanitaire pour le développement. 03 février 2009. [FRA]

  • Loi nº 2008-06 relative à l'interdiction des mines antipersonnel en Mauritanie. (Law No. 2008-06 on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines in Mauritania). 06 mars 2008. [FRA]

    International Criminal Court

    Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is not a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

  • Resources and Links

  • The Constitution of Mauritania, 1991 (with amendments through 2012).
    Comparative Constitutions Project, University of Texas at Austin. [ENG]. [Last accessed 05Aug17]. [External Link to pdf document]

  • Code Pénal. (Ordonnance 83-162 du 09 juillet 1983 portant institution d’un Code Pénal)
    refworld, UNHCR. [Last accessed 05Aug17]. [FRA]. [External Link to pdf document]

  • Code de Procédure Pénal. (Ordonnance n° 83-163 du 09 juillet 1983 instituant un Code de Procédure Pénal)
    refworld, UNHCR. [Last accessed 05Aug17]. [FRA]. [External Link to pdf document]

  • Mauretanio-Sahraoui Agreement (Algiers Agreement). 10 August 1979
    UN Department of Political Affairs. [ENG]. [Last accessed 05Aug17]. [External Link]

  • Declaration of Principles on Western Sahara (Madrid Accords). 14 November 1975
    UN Department of Political Affairs. [ENG]. [Last accessed 05Aug17]. [External Link]

  • Journaux officiels. (2007-2013)
    Droit Afrique. [ENG]. [Last accessed 05Aug17]. [External Link]

  • List of International Humanitarian Law Treaties to which Mauritania is a State party. [ENG]
    International Committee of the Red Cross. [ENG] [Last accessed 05Aug17] [External Link]