Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118) - Mauritania (Ratification: 1968)

The Committee notes the Government’s report of 2001, which only contained partial replies to its previous comments. It notes, however, that this report was not a detailed report on the Convention. The Committee therefore hopes that a detailed report will be provided for examination at its next session and that it will contain full particulars on the following points.

Article 5 of the Convention. The Committee notes that section 66(2) of the Act of 3 February 1967 provides that benefits are suspended where the beneficiary is not resident in Mauritania, except in the case of reciprocity agreements or international conventions. The Committee recalls that, under the terms of Article 5 of the Convention, each Member which has accepted the obligations of the Convention for one or more branches of social security shall guarantee both to its own nationals and to the nationals of any other Member which has accepted the obligations of the Convention for the branch or branches in question, when they are resident abroad, provision of invalidity benefits, old-age benefits, survivors’ benefits and employment injury pensions. It requests the Government to indicate the manner in which the payment of benefits is guaranteed in practice in the case of residence abroad both to Mauritanians and to nationals of countries which have accepted the obligations of the Convention for any one or more of these branches of social security in the absence of a bilateral agreement.

Articles 7 and 8. The Committee notes that the Government’s report does not contain any information on the measures taken for the maintenance of acquired rights and rights in course of acquisition for Mauritanians who had to leave the country following the events of 1989. It would be grateful to be provided with information on the measures taken in this respect (particularly with regard to old-age pensions).

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 2003.]