Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate2024
Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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.
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...
Article 26 states:
Every citizen born Mauritanian enjoying their civil and political rights … is eligible to the Presidency of the Republic