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1 Introduction

1.1 Transnational repression in the MENA

According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), transnational repression refers to “acts conducted or directed by a State, or its proxy, to deter, silence or punish dissent, criticism or human rights advocacy towards it, expressed from outside its territory.”

Dans cette soumission, MENA Rights Group et l’Alliance des Orphelins Mauritaniens met en lumière les principales préoccupations en matière de droits humains en Mauritanie dans le cadre de son quatrième Examen périodique universel (EPU).

1. Introduction

This joint stakeholder report is submitted by Cedar Center for Legal Studies and MENA Rights Group to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in the context of the fourth cycle of Lebanon’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

In this submission, MENA Rights Group and the Orphans of Mauritania Alliance shed light on the main human rights concern in Mauritania as part of their Universal Period Review (UPR).

This report maps and analyses documented cases of reprisals for cooperation with the UN in the MENA region over the past 15 years.

In recent years, the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has consistently upheld a progressive stance on the advancement of human rights in the country. Through its Saudi Human Rights Commission (SHRC), it regularly emphasises reforms undertaken to protect and promote human rights.