Niger: UN rights expert hails criminalisation of slavery, but urges stronger law enforcement -- DisplayNews
Niger:
The government has taken significant steps toward eradicating slavery
and slavery-like practices but many challenges remain, says UN expert
Urmila Bhoola: http://sm.ohchr.org/1vhT6XA -
The limited number of prosecutions indicates that stronger law
enforcement is necessary and that resource and capacity constraints
still exist, the expert says at the end of her visit to the country.
The Special
Rapporteur warns that poverty eradication is an urgent priority as it
is a key push factor leading people into contemporary forms of slavery.
Given the high prevalence of poverty in Niger -ranked last in the 2014
Human Development Index-, she urges the authorities to include a human
rights and gender based perspectives in poverty reduction and
development programmes and strategies as well as taking into account the
specific situation of those most vulnerable.
