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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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CÔTE D'IVOIRE
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
14 November 2012
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
14 November 2012
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
11 December 2019
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
18 November 2020
Accessed Date:
19 November 2020
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: COI Compilation
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
24 August 2018
Accessed Date:
7 December 2018
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Côte d'Ivoire: Country Focus.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
11 December 2019
Title:
Focus Côte d'Ivoire. Situation sécuritaire (mise à jour).
Source:
Swiss Confederation. State Secretariat for Migration.
Date of Document:
30 September 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2019
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Présentation de la Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
Accessed Date:
22 April 2021
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Human Rights in Africa: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 April 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
21 January 2020
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: A Fragile Human Rights Situation. Amnesty International Submission for the UN Universal Periodic Review, 33rd Session of the UPR Working Group, May 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
1 October 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2019
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire: Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review. 33rd Session of the UPR Working Group.
Source:
CIVICUS; Ivorian Coalition of Human Rights Defenders
Date of Document:
4 October 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2019
Title:
Report of the Independent Expert on capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d'Ivoire in the field of human rights
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
19 May 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Côte d'Ivoire
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/33/CIV/1
Date of Document:
19 February 2019
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Compilation on Côte d'Ivoire
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/33/CIV/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
20 February 2019
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Côte d'Ivoire
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/33/CIV/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
19 February 2019
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Recueil des textes législatifs et règlementaires relatifs au droit de la nationalité Ivoirienne
Date of Document:
27 January 2016
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Identity documents, including the national identity card (carte nationale d'identité, CNI), the birth certificate extract and the certificate of nationality; the procedure to obtain each of those identity documents and the information that appears ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 February 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Statelessness and Nationality in Côte d'Ivoire: A Study for UNHCR
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2017
Title:
Loi portant dispositions spéciales en matière de naturalisation. No 2004-663.
Accessed Date:
14 November 2012
Title:
Décret n° 2007-647 du 20 décembre 2007 portant conditions d'établissement, d'obtention et de forme de la carte nationale d'identité
Accessed Date:
21 December 2017
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire and Mali: Whether a citizen of Mali who was born in Côte d'Ivoire of a Malian diplomat father, who was posted to that country during the time of their birth, may obtain Ivorian nationality; the requirements and procedure to acquire that n...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 December 2014
Accessed Date:
15 December 2015
Title:
Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 33rd Session of the Universal Periodic Review
Source:
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion;Coalition de la société civile de lutte contre l'apatridie
Date of Document:
4 October 2018
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. Referendum of 30 October 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
15 December 2017
Title:
The Ivoirian Popular Front (Front populaire ivoirien, FPI), including the treatment of its members (July 2014 July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 July 2015
Accessed Date:
17 December 2015
Title:
The treatment of Ivorian Popular Front (FPI)/Gbagbo supporters in Côte d'Ivoire by both state and non-state actors; incidents of arrests and/or violence against FPI/Gbagbo supporters in Côte d'Ivoire; the willingness and ability of the State ...
Source:
Country of Origin Research and Information
Date of Document:
17 August 2016
Accessed Date:
12 December 2016
Title:
The Pan-African Congress of Young Patriots (Congrès panafricain des jeunes patriotes, COJEP), including its mission, structure, leaders and activities; whether COJEP issues membership cards; treatment of COJEP members by the authorities (2010-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 June 2015
Accessed Date:
15 December 2015
Title:
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. Election for Assemblée nationale (Ivoirian National Assembly) of 18 December 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
20 December 2018
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. Assemblée nationale (National Assembly).
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
14 December 2018
Accessed Date:
20 December 2018
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Defusing Electoral Tensions Amid Polarised Politics
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
26 May 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. Election for President of 25 October 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
9 November 2015
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Civic space is shrinking with ten persons killed and government ban on protests
Date of Document:
25 August 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Cote D'Ivoire: Police allow machete-wielding men to attack protesters
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 August 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Situation of educated women living alone, whether single or divorced, particularly in Abidjan and Bouaké; whether they can find work and housing; support services available to them (2014-April 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 May 2016
Accessed Date:
16 December 2016
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
19 November 2020
Title:
The practice of excision among the Malinke, including the frequency and age at which the excision is practiced; whether it is customary for a young woman to be excised before marrying; legislation on excision; the possibility of refusing excision ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 March 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2016
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection and available support services (2012–December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 December 2015
Accessed Date:
18 December 2015
Title:
Perceptions and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Date of Document:
16 June 2016
Author:
Sara J. Shuman et al.
Accessed Date:
15 December 2017
Title:
Forced marriage, including among the Malinke; the prevalence of forced marriage and state protection available; the possibility for a young woman to refuse the man arranged for her (2014-March 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 March 2016
Accessed Date:
16 December 2016
Title:
Rapport sur les viols et leur répression en Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF)
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
24 October 2019
Accessed Date:
18 December 2019
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Conflict-related sexual violence. Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
29 March 2019
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Le mariage forcé
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
25 October 2018
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: The Law and FGM
Date of Document:
August 2018
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Concluding observation on the fourth periodic report of Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
30 July 2019
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Les victimes de la traite des êtres humains à des fins d'exploitation par le travail
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 March 2019
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
List of issues and questions in relation to the fourth periodic report of Côte d'Ivoire. Addendum: Replies of Côte d'Ivoire to the list of issues and questions.
Code:
CEDAW/C/CIV/Q/4/Add.1
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
FGM in Côte d'Ivoire: Short report
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
12 July 2019
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
CARE Rapid Gender Analysis
Source:
CARE International
Date of Document:
26 April 2020
Author:
Ouattara Malamita
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities by society and the authorities, including legislation; state protection and support services (2006-February 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 February 2014
Accessed Date:
22 December 2014
Title:
Application of article 360 of the Penal Code against sexual minorities (2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 December 2014
Accessed Date:
15 December 2015
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Les groupes de “microbes” à Abidjan. Fonctionnement des gangs et politique de lutte des autorités.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
23 February 2017
Accessed Date:
15 December 2017
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. 2020 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
13 March 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Disappointed Hope: Judicial Handling of Post-Election Violence in Cote d'Ivoire
Source:
International Center for Transitional Justice
Date of Document:
April 2016
Accessed Date:
15 December 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination. Addendum: Mission to Côte d'Ivoire (7–10 October 2014).
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
17 August 2015
Accessed Date:
9 November 2015
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : L'armée ivoirienne depuis 2011
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
4 October 2017
Accessed Date:
7 December 2018
Title:
Capacity Assessment of Media in Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
Media Foundation for West Africa
Date of Document:
15 April 2019
Accessed Date:
18 December 2019
Title:
State of Safety of Journalists in Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
Media Foundation for West Africa
Date of Document:
10 June 2019
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Treatment of the Dioula ethnic group by the authorities and society, including whether the Dioula are considered opponents of the government or sympathizers of an opposition movement (2007-2008, 2017-April 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 April 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
The Wé ethnic group, including its location in the country and relations with the Dozos; treatment of members of the Wé ethnic group by authorities; state protection (2016-January 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 January 2018
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Mission Conjointe d'Evaluation (JAM). Niveau de réinsertion socio-économique, de moyens de subsistance et de sécurité alimentaire des populations rapatriées et communautés hôtes dans l'Ouest et au Sud-Ouest de la Côte d'Ivoire.
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees et al.
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
15 December 2017
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 November 2020:
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/cote-divoire
Accessed Date:
20 March 2020
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