Debt bondage as a key form of contemporary slavery 2016, para. 37
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In Mauritania, Act No. 2015-031 of 10 September 2015 criminalizes slavery and punishes slavery-like practices including debt bondage. The Act provides for the possibility of third parties (those who have benefited from legal personality for at least five years) taking legal action and being a party in the proceedings (section 23).
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences