Madar (Nouakchott) - Mauritania's Ministry of Justice on Wednesday morning, 11 November 2026, held a workshop in Nouakchott to present and discuss a draft law on the practice of forensic medicine in Mauritania, according to the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI).
The two-day workshop aims to discuss the content of the draft law and enrich it with comments and proposals, to ensure it is consistent with legal principles and scientific and professional standards and meets the scientific needs of the judicial and health institutions.
The secretary-general of the Ministry of Justice said in a speech that forensic medicine "is no longer merely a medical specialty assisting judicial work, but has become an essential element of the criminal justice system", given the scientific and technical expertise it provides in establishing facts, determining causes of death, assessing injuries and supplying the technical evidence on which courts base their findings.
He added that the workshop is in line with President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani's programme on strengthening the rule of law and building strong institutions with modern governance, noting that the justice sector is implementing a series of reforms under the national document for the reform and development of justice, the roadmap for government action in the field in the coming years.
The secretary-general of the Ministry of Health and a number of participants attended the opening, according to the same source.
