Mauritania

Population Statistics

3,596,702

Total Population

539,505

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

03 April 2012

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Organic Law on the Constitutional Council

Updated: April 2015

Article 11 states:
The rules laid down in Article 10 above shall apply to members of the Constitutional Council except when a permanent physical disability prevents the performance of their duties.

 

Excerpt from the Organic Law on the Constitutional Council (1992)

Ordinance No. 2007-012 (Judiciary)

Updated: April 2015

Article 18 states:

The president of the Supreme Court cannot be suspended or allowed to quit their service before the normal term of his mandate ends except in any case provided for by the appointment, upon request or due to physical disability, loss of civil and political rights...

 

Excerpt from Ordinance No. 2007-012 (Judiciary)

Decree No. 2012-275

Updated: April 2015

Article 26 states:

Any voter suffering from certain disabilities that render them unable to vote is authorized, by decision of the polling station, to be assisted by an individual or a voter of their choice.

 

Excerpt from Decree No. 2012-275 (Establishing the modalities of the electoral campaign and voting operations for municipal elections)

Decree No. 2012-279

Updated: April 2015

Article 39 states:

Any voter suffering from certain disabilities that make it impossible to vote is allowed assistance by an individual or voter of their choice.

 

Excerpt from Decree No. 2012-279 of December 17, 2012 (Establishing the modalities of the electoral campaign and voting operations for National Assembly elections)

Decree No. 2013-015

Updated: April 2015

Article 18 states:

Any voter suffering from certain disabilities that make it impossible to vote is allowed assistance by an individual or voter of their choice.

 

Excerpt from the Decree No. 2013-015 of February 14, 2013 (Establishing the modalities of the electoral campaign and voting operations for senatorial elections)

Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (1991, last amended 2012)

Updated: June 2015

Article 26 states:

Every citizen born Mauritanian enjoying their civil and political rights … is eligible to the Presidency of the Republic

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (1991, last amended 2012)