UN prevention-of-torture review documents forced begging and abuse in Senegal’s daara system
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Institutional event
Evidence status
Official finding
Authority role
Quranic-school masters
Organization
Senegalese daara system
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The cited record identifies forced begging, institutional custody, and physical punishment as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is Quranic-school masters.
- Other spiritual authority or belief
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Proceedings
2024-01-01 · country report
United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture. Official observations and recommendations concerning talibé children.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- forced begging
- institutional custody
- physical punishment
Cited record
Sources
- official finding inquiry report UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, report concerning Senegal and talibé children.
The UN report addresses forced begging, violence, deprivation, and weak protection for talibé children living under the authority of some Quranic-school masters. This is an institutional record and does not assign collective culpability to Islam or all daaras.
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