Master degree in Law at the Faculty of Law Rabat 1983
Admitted as a lawyer in Mauritania 1985
Lawyer at the Supreme Court of Mauritania 1989
Secretary General of The Mauritanian Human Rights League 1989
Assistant at the Faculty of Law Nouakchott 1990
Member of the group of consultants responsible for drafting the new Mauritanian Constitution 1991
Trainer in human rights at the Arab Institute for Human Rights 1996
Founding Member of the Union of Maghreb Human Rights Leagues 1996
Human rights consultant to the Office of the Commissionner for Human Rights, Integration and against Poverty 1996
Member of the group of experts in charge of drafting criminal legislation for minors 1997
Member of the group of experts responsible for drafting the Family Code 1999
Member of the group of experts responsible for drafting the texts of the National Human Rights Commission 2004
Member of the National Commission in charge of drafting the texts and regulations of the High Authority for the Press and Audiovisual ( HAPA) 2005
Member of the National Human Rights Commission 2012
Member of the group of experts in charge of drafting various credit agreements between Mauritanian banking institutions and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development ( FADES) 2013
Member of the group of experts in charge of drafting the texts governing the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture 2014
Member of the group of experts in charge of the study of the rules of ethics of the legal profession 2018
Member of the group of experts in charge of the eligibility conditions for FADES credit lines for the private sector in Mauritania 2020
Mohamedy is a specialist in the field of human rights. He represents clients in cases pertaining to political and human rights. He has been involved in numerous cases brought against political opponents in Mauritania over recent decades.
Mohamedy is also an expert in electoral, parliamentary, and presidential litigation. He has represented candidates in local and national political elections.
He has frequently been consulted on proposals to amend laws, decrees and regulations. In 1991, he was a member of the commission responsible for drafting the Constitution of Mauritania.
Furthermore, he was a member of the national commissions responsible for drafting the reform of juvenile criminal justice (1997), the texts and regulations of the High Authority for the Press and Audiovisual (2005) and the texts governing the national mechanism for the prevention of torture (2014).
Mohamedy was also a member of the committee of experts in charge of studying the rules of ethics governing the legal profession in Mauritania.
He has participated in a number of studies pertaining to the Constitution, with a particular focus on the status of women’s rights, trade union freedoms, the conditions for a fair trial, the independence of lawyers and the shortcomings of Mauritania’s legal arsenal for people with disabilities.
Furthermore, he participated in a study on constitutional appeals in the Greater Maghreb countries.
Mohamedy has accrued forty years of legal experience, during which time he has also represented major financial and banking institutions.He was instrumental in the drafting of numerous credit agreements between Mauritanian banking institutions and the Pan-Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (FADES).
Furthermore, he participated in a study of the eligibility criteria for FADES credit lines for the private sector in Mauritania.
He is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars organised by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Federation of Human Rights.
He played a pivotal role in the establishment of the inaugural professional congress for lawyers in Mauritania.
Organisms:
Mohamedy is a member of the Association des Juristes Mauritaniens, a founding member of the Union des Ligues Maghrébines des Droits de l’Homme, and a member of the Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme.
He previously held the position of Secretary General of the Mauritanian League for Human Rights.