Constitution of Mauritania

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national constitution

The Constitution of Mauritania is the supreme legal framework that defines the country’s political system, institutions, and fundamental rights.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of Mauritania canonical	8
1991 Constitution of Mauritania	1
Constitutional order of Mauritania	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3360189 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution of Mauritania
Context triple: [National Assembly of Mauritania, governedBy, Constitution of Mauritania]

A. Constitution of Morocco
The Constitution of Morocco is the supreme legal framework that defines the country’s political system, separation of powers, and the rights and duties of its citizens.
B. Constitution of Algeria
The Constitution of Algeria is the supreme legal framework that defines the country’s political system, institutions, and fundamental rights and freedoms.
C. Constitution of Tunisia
The Constitution of Tunisia is the fundamental law that defines the country’s political system, separation of powers, and citizens’ rights and freedoms.
D. government of Mauritania
The government of Mauritania is the central authority of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, responsible for administering the country’s political, economic, and social affairs from its capital, Nouakchott.
E. National Assembly of Mauritania
The National Assembly of Mauritania is the unicameral lower house of the country’s parliament, responsible for making national laws and overseeing the executive branch.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution of Mauritania
Target entity description: The Constitution of Mauritania is the supreme legal framework that defines the country’s political system, institutions, and fundamental rights.

A. Constitution of Morocco
The Constitution of Morocco is the supreme legal framework that defines the country’s political system, separation of powers, and the rights and duties of its citizens.
B. Constitution of Algeria
The Constitution of Algeria is the supreme legal framework that defines the country’s political system, institutions, and fundamental rights and freedoms.
C. Constitution of Tunisia
The Constitution of Tunisia is the fundamental law that defines the country’s political system, separation of powers, and citizens’ rights and freedoms.
D. government of Mauritania
The government of Mauritania is the central authority of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, responsible for administering the country’s political, economic, and social affairs from its capital, Nouakchott.
E. National Assembly of Mauritania
The National Assembly of Mauritania is the unicameral lower house of the country’s parliament, responsible for making national laws and overseeing the executive branch.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national constitution ⓘ
abolishedInstitution	Senate of Mauritania ⓘ
amendmentProcedure	may require referendum ⓘ requires parliamentary approval ⓘ
containsProvision	decentralization of local government ⓘ multi-party system ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
country	Mauritania ⓘ
declaresOfficialReligion	Islam ⓘ
declaresSourceOfLaw	Islamic law ⓘ
defines	fundamental rights in Mauritania ⓘ political system of Mauritania ⓘ state institutions of Mauritania ⓘ
establishesBody	Parliament of Mauritania ⓘ
establishesBranch	executive branch ⓘ judicial branch ⓘ legislative branch ⓘ
establishesChamber	National Assembly of Mauritania ⓘ Senate of Mauritania ⓘ
establishesCourt	Constitutional Council of Mauritania ⓘ Supreme Court of Mauritania ⓘ
establishesFormOfState	Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
establishesOffice	President of Mauritania ⓘ Prime Minister of Mauritania ⓘ
guaranteesRight	equality before the law ⓘ freedom of assembly ⓘ freedom of association ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ right to property ⓘ
hasLanguageVersion	Arabic ⓘ French ⓘ
hasMajorRevision	1991 Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ linked to: Constitution of Mauritania 2006 constitutional amendments of Mauritania ⓘ 2012 constitutional amendments of Mauritania ⓘ
influencedBy	French constitutional law ⓘ linked to: French public law
legalStatus	supreme law of Mauritania ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
originalAdoptionDate	1961-03-22 ⓘ
originalAdoptionMethod	referendum ⓘ
prohibits	arbitrary detention ⓘ torture ⓘ
providesFor	Islamic identity of the state ⓘ independent Constitutional Council ⓘ
regulates	judicial independence in Mauritania ⓘ legislative elections in Mauritania ⓘ presidential elections in Mauritania ⓘ
territorialScope	entire territory of Mauritania ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Assembly of Mauritania → governedBy → Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ

Supreme Court of Mauritania → governedBy → Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ

Parliament of Mauritania → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ

President of Mauritania → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ

Constitution of Mauritania → hasMajorRevision → 1991 Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ

linked to: Constitution of Mauritania

Judiciary of Mauritania → interprets → Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ

Judiciary of Mauritania → guaranteedBy → Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Mauritania → subjectTo → Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ

Government of Mauritania → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ

subject linked to: government of Mauritania

Government of Mauritania → basisOfLegitimacy → Constitutional order of Mauritania ⓘ