the consent of a person purpose of exploitation...’ © having control over another person, for the 95. The Complainants in the current Communication submitted that trafficking is recognized as one form of slavery or slavery like practice, international human rights law standards applicable slavery in all its modern and traditional forms, of particular example. The Complainants further argued article 29 of the Charter should be interpreted to and that to Mauritania prohibit which trafficking is a that the provisions of include all forms of traditional and modern slavery or slavery like practices. By expanding article 29, the Complainants alleged that, it puts the Respondent state under an obligation to take appropriate measures to prevent slavery and similar practices. It can be concluded that the argument of the Complainants under this provision invokes sale, trafficking and abduction in as far as they relate to slavery and practices similar to slavery. 96. However, the Committee notes that the issue of slavery for the purpose of this case has been adequately dealt with under the provision of the Charter that prohibits child labor. Article 15 is interpreted to include worst forms of child labor, which includes slavery in all its forms. It is the Committee’s view that the Complainants failed to establish the relevance of the provision on sale, trafficking and abduction to the facts of the case. Hence, the Committee concludes that no sufficient legal and factual grounds have Respondent Charter. been State established in violation by the Complainants of its obligation Decision of the Committee 97. For the aforementioned reasons the African under which put the finds the article 29 Committee of the Respondent State in violation of its obligations under article 1 (obligation of states parties), article 3 (non-discrimination), article 4 (best interests of the child), article 5(survival and development), article 11 (education) article 12 (leisure, recreation and cultural activities), article 15 (child labour), article 16 (protection against child abuse and torture) and article 21 (protection against harmful social and cultural practices). 98. The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child therefore recommends for the Government of Mauritania to: A) Ensure that all members of the El Hassin family are prosecuted for the enslavement of Said and Yarg and the violation of their rights to equality, survival and development, education, leisure, recreation and cultural activities, protection against child abuse and torture, and protection against child labor, and ensure that they receive sentences commensurate to the crimes committed pursuant to the laws of Mauritania; B) Take measures to ensure that Said and Yarg necessary documents including birth registration obtain all the certificate and °° Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000) art 3(a). 28