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SENEGAL
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
November 2020
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Sénégal - Gambie - Cap-Vert. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Senegal. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
16 June 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
3 June 2024
Accessed Date:
27 June 2024
Title:
Sénégal. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
19 December 2023
Accessed Date:
27 June 2024
Title:
Le régime sénégalais de sécurité sociale
Source:
Centre des Liaisons Européennes et Internationales de Sécurité Sociale
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Présentation du Sénégal
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
13 May 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
10 April 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
19 May 2024
Title:
Senegal. Amnesty International Report 2023/24: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. Freedom in the World 2022.
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal: Adoption of amnesty law would be an affront to victims of deadly protests and reinforce impunity
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
4 March 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
8 November 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Senegal
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
13 November 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Respect Free Expression, Assembly
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 March 2021
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Senegal. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Information received from Senegal on follow-up to the concluding observations on its fifth periodic report
Date of Document:
14 February 2022
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal: Pre-Election Crackdown
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 January 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Senegal
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/1
Date of Document:
27 October 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Human Rights between Regression and Repression. Amnesty International: Submission to the 45th Session of the UPR Working Group, January-February 2024.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
July 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
République du Sénégal : Soumission conjointe pour l'Examen périodique universel des Nations Unies, 45e Séance du groupe de travail EPU
Date of Document:
18 July 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegalese Government Dissolves Opposition Party, Cuts Internet
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 August 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Violent Crackdown On Opposition, Dissent
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 June 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Senegal. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Loi no 61-70 du 7 mars 1961, Code de la nationalité sénégalaise
Accessed Date:
26 June 2023
Title:
Loi constitutionnelle n° 2016-10 du 05 avril 2016 portant révision de la Constitution
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
Title:
Loi n° 2016-09 du 14 mars 2016 instituant une carte d'identité biométrique CEDEAO
Accessed Date:
26 June 2023
Title:
Loi no 2013-05 portant modification de la loi no 61-10 du 07 mars 1961 déterminant la nationalité, modifiée
Accessed Date:
23 September 2014
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) biometric identity card in the country and from abroad; its appearance and the information provided on it (2015-November 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 November 2017
Accessed Date:
29 November 2017
Title:
Les démarches administratives pour l'obtention de pièces d'état civil : Guide de l'usager
Source:
Ministère de l'intégration africaine du NEPAD et de la promotion de la bonne gouvernance
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Rapport sur le droit de la nationalité: Sénégal
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Déclaration préliminaire. République du Sénégal : Élection présidentielle 2024.
Source:
European Union. Election Observation Mission.
Date of Document:
26 March 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Republic of Senegal. Election for President of 24 March 2024
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Republic of Senegal. Election for Assemblée Nationale (Senegalese National Assembly) of 31 July 2022.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
21 June 2023
Title:
At Least Three Killed in Protests, Other Civic Space Violations as President Macky Sall Delays Presidential Elections
Date of Document:
26 February 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
La contestation sénégalaise de mars 2021 : une crise politique ? Entretien avec Étienne Smith.
Source:
Sciences Politiques Bordeaux. Les Afriques dans le Monde. Esquisses.
Date of Document:
8 April 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal: Violence against anti-government opinions threatens democracy
Date of Document:
20 February 2023
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Female Genital Mutilation in Senegal: Insights from a statistical analysis
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice on its mission to Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
7 April 2016
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Prevalence of forced marriage, including among educated women living in urban areas, and within the Fulani ethnic group; protection available to women who refuse to marry and resources available to them (2010-September 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 September 2013
Accessed Date:
26 September 2014
Title:
“It's Not Normal”: Sexual Exploitation, Harassment and Abuse in Secondary Schools in Senegal
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 October 2018
Editor:
Juliane Kippenberg
Accessed Date:
23 November 2018
Title:
Senegal. 2022 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
29 September 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Combined sixth and seventh periodic reports submitted by Senegal under article 44 of the Convention, due in 2021
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
8 December 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Senegal: The Law and FGM
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
“There is Enormous Suffering': Serious Abuses Against Talibé Children in Senegal, 2017-2018
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 June 2019
Accessed Date:
21 November 2019
Title:
Mariage d'enfants, précoce et forcé : Une analyse d'économie politique du Sénégal
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Gender parity in Senegal – A continuing struggle. CMI Insight Number 2.
Source:
Chr. Michelsen Institute
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Marianne Tøraasen
Accessed Date:
14 November 2017
Title:
Sénégal : Les mutilations sexuelles féminines (MSF)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 May 2019
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
Title:
Replies of Senegal to the list of issues and questions in relation to its eighth periodic report
Date of Document:
2 February 2022
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Children's Right to Identity in Senegal. 95 Pre-Sessional Working Group (01 May 2023 - 05 May 2023) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child/State Periodic Report n. CRC/C/SEN/6-7
Source:
Child Identity Protection
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, Review of Senegal, 95th Pre-Session
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Code de la famille sénégalais
Accessed Date:
16 June 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
1 March 2022
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Sénégal : Pratique des mutilations sexuelles féminines (MSF) et du mariage précoce et forcé chez les Toucouleurs
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 October 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal: The State must move from commitment to strong action to protect talibé children
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
12 December 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
29 February 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Les déterminants de la violence contre les femmes et les filles dans le département de Bignona/Sénégal : entre les convictions religieuses et le processus de désinformation
Source:
Organisation internationale de la francophonie
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
The situation of sexual minorities, including legislation, treatment by society and authorities, state protection and support services (2014-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 October 2018
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
Title:
Sénégal : La situation actuelle des personnes homosexuelles
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 September 2014
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
La diversité sexuelle de genre au Sénégal : Dakar et Thiès
Source:
ALDARTE Centro atención LGTBI+
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Cristina Rueda et al.
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Senegal: Mobilising for gay rights in the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Queer lawfare in Africa: Legal strategies in contexts of LGBTIQ+ criminalisation and politicisation.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Faculty of Law.
Editor:
Adrian Jjuuko et al.
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Senegal: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
Accessed Date:
27 June 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Senegal.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
16 May 2022
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
As Casamance rebels are weakened, is the Niokolo Koba National Park a potential fallback zone?
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
October 2022
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal risk report
Source:
GAN Integrity. Risk and Compliance Portal.
Date of Document:
5 November 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2023
Title:
Is the Curtain Dropping on Africa's Oldest Conflict? Senegal's Offensive in the Casamance
Source:
Aberfoyle International Security
Date of Document:
21 February 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal. Country Reports on Terrorism 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Code pénal (Loi de base No. 65-60 du 21 juillet 1965 portant sur le Code pénal)
Accessed Date:
26 November 2012
Title:
Loi n° 2016-29 du 08 novembre 2016 modifiant la loi n° 65-60 du 21 juillet 1965 portant Code pénal
Accessed Date:
15 November 2017
Title:
Analysis of the Laws Amending the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
15 November 2017
Title:
Fifth periodic report submitted by Senegal under article 19 of the Convention pursuant to the simplified reporting procedure, due in 2022
Date of Document:
16 December 2022
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Rapport alternatif de l'ACAT Sénégal, de la FIACAT et de la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort à l'occasion de l'examen du 12ème et 15ème rapports périodiques cumulés du Sénégal sur la mise en œuvre de la Charte africaine des droits de l'Homme et des peuples (2015-2022)
Source:
Fédération internationale des ACAT (Action des chrétiens pour l'abolition de la torture) et al.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Sénégal : les craintes d'un recul net dans la mise en œuvre de la Convention contre la torture. Contribution des organisations de la société civile à l'adoption de la Liste des Points à Traiter avant Rapport (LOIPR) établie avant la soumission d...
Source:
World Organisation Against Torture; Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal: Freedom of expression under threat by emergency Penal Code amendments
Date of Document:
11 August 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Loi n° 2020-05 du 10 janvier 2020 modifiant la loi 65-60 du 21 juillet 1965 portant Code pénal
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Senegal. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
21 June 2023
Title:
Senegal: One year on from the deaths of 14 demonstrators, the families demand justice
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 March 2022
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal: Authorities must investigate killings and police brutality against protesters
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
13 February 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: The authorities must immediately halt the police violence and restore social media
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
2 June 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Report on digital freedoms in French- speaking Africain countries
Source:
Agence française de développement
Date of Document:
May 2023
Author:
Olivier Alais et al.
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Londa Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report: Senegal
Source:
Paradigm Initiative
Date of Document:
April 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
State of Internet Freedom in Senegal 2019: Mapping Trends in Government Internet Controls, 1999-2019
Source:
Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
Date of Document:
January 2020
Editor:
Ashnah Kalemera et al.
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
Title:
RSF asks Senegal to amend its new press law
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
8 January 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal. World Press Freedom Index 2024.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Rise in censorship and crackdown on expression
Date of Document:
22 September 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2023
Title:
Senegal: Internet restrictions amid political unrest
Date of Document:
4 August 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: How laws addressing ‘fake news' and disinformation threaten freedom of expression
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Press Freedom in Senegal: National, Regional, and Global Frameworks. Resource Toolkit
Source:
International Press Institute
Date of Document:
December 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
27 June 2024
Title:
Faith and Development in Focus: Senegal
Source:
Georgetown University. Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs.
Date of Document:
2 May 2016
Author:
Lauren Herzog; Wilma Z. Mui
Accessed Date:
15 November 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined nineteenth to twenty-third periodic reports of Senegal
Code:
CERD/C/SEN/CO/19-23
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
22 September 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Sénégal : Caste et servitude par ascendance
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 March 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2023
Title:
Combined nineteenth to twenty-third periodic reports submitted by Senegal under article 9 of the Convention, due in 2015
Date of Document:
31 October 2019
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Migration Profile: Senegal
Source:
Integral Human Development
Date of Document:
December 2021
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
West & Central Africa: Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons Residence
Source:
Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les
réfugiés
Date of Document:
31 January 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
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 31 May 2024:
Title:
Senegal. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
6 June 2023
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/senegal/
Accessed Date:
20 June 2023
Title:
Senegal. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
URL:
https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report/SEN
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
6 April 2023
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/senegal/presentation-du-senegal/
Accessed Date:
20 June 2023
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
29 September 2022
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10164
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Sénégal. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
26 November 2020
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/senegal.htm
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Senegal. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
2 June 2023
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/senegal
Accessed Date:
21 June 2023
Title:
Senegal. Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 March 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/POL1056702023ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Senegal. World Report 2022: Events of 2021.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/senegal
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Senegal.html
Accessed Date:
21 June 2023
Title:
Senegal. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
URL:
https://ilga.org/downloads/Our_Identities_Under_Arrest_2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal: Tier 2 Watch List. Trafficking in Persons Report 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
19 July 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-trafficking-in-persons-report/senegal/
Accessed Date:
8 June 2023
Title:
Senegal. Country Reports on Terrorism 2021
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2021/senegal/
Accessed Date:
8 June 2023
Title:
Senegal. World Press Freedom Index 2023.
Source:
Reporters Without Border
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/country/senegal
Accessed Date:
26 June 2023
Title:
Senegal. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/senegal/
Accessed Date:
21 June 2023
Title:
List of issues in relation to the fifth periodic report of Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
10 April 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CCPR/C/SEN/Q/5
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
Title:
List of issues in relation to the fifth periodic report of Senegal. Addendum: Replies of Senegal to the list of issues.
Code:
CCPR/C/SEN/Q/5/Add.1
Date of Document:
19 August 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CCPR/C/SEN/Q/5/add.1
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
Title:
Senegal. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2019
URL:
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2018-2019/africa/senegal.html
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
Title:
Compilation on Senegal
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/SEN/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 August 2018
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/31/SEN/2
Accessed Date:
21 November 2019
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Senegal
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/SEN/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 August 2018
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/31/SEN/3
Accessed Date:
21 November 2019
Title:
Senegal: Human rights violations on the rise in run up to election
Date of Document:
5 April 2023
URL:
https://www.article19.org/resources/senegal-human-rights-violations-run-up-to-election/
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Senegal
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/SEN/1
Date of Document:
31 August 2018
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/31/SEN/1
Accessed Date:
21 November 2019
Title:
Sénégal 2019 Rapport final: Élection présidentielle 24 février 2019
Source:
European Union. Election Observation Mission.
Date of Document:
17 June 2019
URL:
https://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/senegal_moe_ue_2019_rapport_final.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 November 2019
Title:
Republic of Senegal. Election for President of 24 February 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2706/
Accessed Date:
4 November 2019
Title:
Sénégal : Le mouvement des calots bleus de 2000 à 2012
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 October 2020
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2010_sen_infromations_calots_bleus_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Des manifestants tués et des journalistes menacés et intimidés à l'approche des élections du 31 juillet 2022
Source:
Monitor Tracking Civic Space
Date of Document:
2 August 2022
URL:
https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/journalists-subjected-threats-intimidation-protesters-killed-ahead-legislative-elections-31st-july-2022-j5ph/
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Senegal: Authorities intensify repression ahead of 2024 election
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 March 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/03/senegal-authorities-intensify-repression-ahead-of-2024-election/
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Senegal. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
URL:
https://www.genderindex.org/wp-content/uploads/files/datasheets/2019/SN.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 November 2019
Title:
“These Children Don't Belong in the Streets”: A Roadmap for Ending Exploitation, Abuse of Talibés in Senegal
Source:
Human Rights Watch; la Plateforme pour la Promotion et la Protection des Droits Humains
Date of Document:
16 December 2019
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/senegal1219_web_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on Senegal
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 February 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/02/13/submission-committee-elimination-all-forms-discrimination-against-women-cedaw
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Senegal under article 29 (1) of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
18 April 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CED/C/SEN/CO/1
Accessed Date:
14 November 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Senegal under article 29 (1) of the Convention. Addendum: Information received from Senegal on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CED/C/SEN/CO/1/Add.1
Date of Document:
17 May 2018
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CED/C/SEN/CO/1/Add.1
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
30 January 2019
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/CAT/C/SEN/CO/4
Accessed Date:
21 November 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Senegal. Addendum: Information received from Senegal on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CAT/C/SEN/CO/4/Add.1
Date of Document:
7 March 2019
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/CAT/C/SEN/CO/4/add.1
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
Title:
Projet de loi n°10/2021 modifiant la loi n°65-60 du 21 juillet 1965 portant Code pénal
URL:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1krlowhVEKhxbfIdIc_XBCMWMDjNkCnCK/view
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Updated Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Senegal
Date of Document:
5 October 2018
URL:
https://www.article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Updated-Senegal-UPR-A19-Oct-2018-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 November 2019
Title:
Senegal Protests: 2 Demonstrators Killed, TV Channels Suspended, Radio Office Ransacked
Source:
Media Foundation for West Africa
Date of Document:
5 March 2021
URL:
https://www.mfwa.org/senegal-protests-2-demonstrators-killed-tv-channels-suspended-radio-office-ransacked/
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Sénégal : Situation des albinos au Sénégal
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 April 2016
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/160406_sen_albinos.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 November 2016
Title:
Report to the Committee Against Torture regarding Senegalese with Albinism
Source:
Under the Same Sun
Date of Document:
31 March 2018
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1432029/1930_1525868884_int-cat-css-sen-30815-e.docx
Accessed Date:
9 November 2018
Title:
Contribution de la société civile à la coopération Union Européene-Afrique en matière de migration : le cas du Sénégal
Source:
European Council on Refugees and Exiles
URL:
https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Working-Paper-06-Senegal-Final.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
Title:
West & Central Africa: Principal Refugees, IDPs and Stateless Persons
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
31 March 2022
URL:
https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/92140
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
3 June 2024
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/senegal
Accessed Date:
27 June 2024
Title:
Sénégal. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
19 December 2023
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/senegal.htm
Accessed Date:
27 June 2024
Title:
Sénégal : Caste et servitude par ascendance
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 March 2022
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2203_sen_castes_et_servitude_par_ascendance_123022_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 June 2023
Title:
Le régime sénégalais de sécurité sociale
Source:
Centre des Liaisons Européennes et Internationales de Sécurité Sociale
URL:
https://www.cleiss.fr/docs/regimes/regime_senegal.html
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Adoption of amnesty law would be an affront to victims of deadly protests and reinforce impunity
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
4 March 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/03/senegal-adoption-of-amnesty-law-would-be-an-affront-to-victims-of-deadly-protests-and-reinforce-impunity/
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
8 November 2023
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/2
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Senegal
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
13 November 2023
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/3
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Pre-Election Crackdown
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 January 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/22/senegal-pre-election-crackdown
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Senegal
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/1
Date of Document:
27 October 2023
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/1
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Human Rights between Regression and Repression. Amnesty International: Submission to the 45th Session of the UPR Working Group, January-February 2024.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
July 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AFR4969952023ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
République du Sénégal : Soumission conjointe pour l'Examen périodique universel des Nations Unies, 45e Séance du groupe de travail EPU
Date of Document:
18 July 2023
URL:
https://www.civicus.org/documents/upr-submissions/UPR45-Joint-Submission-Senegal-FR.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegalese Government Dissolves Opposition Party, Cuts Internet
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 August 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/01/senegalese-government-dissolves-opposition-party-cuts-internet
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Violent Crackdown On Opposition, Dissent
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 June 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/05/senegal-violent-crackdown-opposition-dissent
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Déclaration préliminaire. République du Sénégal : Élection présidentielle 2024.
Source:
European Union. Election Observation Mission.
Date of Document:
26 March 2024
URL:
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/2024/DP_MOE%20UE%20Se%CC%81ne%CC%81gal_26%2003%202024.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Republic of Senegal. Election for President of 24 March 2024
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4194/
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
At Least Three Killed in Protests, Other Civic Space Violations as President Macky Sall Delays Presidential Elections
Date of Document:
26 February 2024
URL:
https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/at-least-three-killed-in-protests-other-civic-space-violations-as-president-macky-sall-delays-presidential-elections/
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. 2022 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
29 September 2023
URL:
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resources/reports/child-labor/senegal
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Children's Right to Identity in Senegal. 95 Pre-Sessional Working Group (01 May 2023 - 05 May 2023) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child/State Periodic Report n. CRC/C/SEN/6-7
Source:
Child Identity Protection
URL:
https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/DownloadDraft.aspx?key=af6flM/DbBqPE2/waqXlpD5PSykvf6H8HHoUK0VQ3HAUreymPvNh77CS2PQKSvx+4TzkqYxlRtE4pJZiCe40XA==
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, Review of Senegal, 95th Pre-Session
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2023/02/HRW%20Submission%20to%20the%20Committee%20on%20the%20Rights%20of%20the%20Child%20Review%20of%20Senegal_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
29 February 2024
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/CRC/C/SEN/CO/6-7
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Les déterminants de la violence contre les femmes et les filles dans le département de Bignona/Sénégal : entre les convictions religieuses et le processus de désinformation
Source:
Organisation internationale de la francophonie
URL:
https://odil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Les-determinants-de-la-violence-contre-les-femmes-et-les-filles-dans-le-departement-de-Bignona-Senegal-2.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Mobilising for gay rights in the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Queer lawfare in Africa: Legal strategies in contexts of LGBTIQ+ criminalisation and politicisation.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Faculty of Law.
Editor:
Adrian Jjuuko et al.
URL:
https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/images/edocman/edited-collections/queer_lawfare_in_africa/Chapter%2010.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/2023/country/senegal
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
As Casamance rebels are weakened, is the Niokolo Koba National Park a potential fallback zone?
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
October 2022
URL:
https://riskbulletins.globalinitiative.net/wea-obs-005/03-casamance-rebels-weakened-niokolo-koba-fallback-zone.html
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Fifth periodic report submitted by Senegal under article 19 of the Convention pursuant to the simplified reporting procedure, due in 2022
Date of Document:
16 December 2022
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/CAT/C/SEN/5
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Rapport alternatif de l'ACAT Sénégal, de la FIACAT et de la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort à l'occasion de l'examen du 12ème et 15ème rapports périodiques cumulés du Sénégal sur la mise en œuvre de la Charte africaine des droits de l'Homme et des peuples (2015-2022)
Source:
Fédération internationale des ACAT (Action des chrétiens pour l'abolition de la torture) et al.
Date of Document:
May 2023
URL:
https://www.fiacat.org/attachments/article/3137/Examen%20S%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal_Rapport%20alternatif%20conjoint%20FIACAT%20-%20ACAT%20S%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal%20-%20WCADP.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Authorities must investigate killings and police brutality against protesters
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
13 February 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/02/senegal-investigate-killings-and-police-brutality-against-protesters/
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: The authorities must immediately halt the police violence and restore social media
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
2 June 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/06/senegal-les-autorites-doivent-immediatement-arreter-les-violences-policieres-et-retablir-les-reseaux-sociaux/
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Report on digital freedoms in French- speaking Africain countries
Source:
Agence française de développement
Date of Document:
May 2023
Author:
Olivier Alais et al.
URL:
https://www.afd.fr/sites/afd/files/2023-06-04-06-13/report-digital-freedoms-french-speaking-african-countries.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Londa Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report: Senegal
Source:
Paradigm Initiative
Date of Document:
April 2023
URL:
https://paradigmhq.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Senegal-Londa-2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Internet restrictions amid political unrest
Date of Document:
4 August 2023
URL:
https://www.article19.org/resources/senegal-internet-restrictions-amid-political-unrest/
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: How laws addressing ‘fake news' and disinformation threaten freedom of expression
URL:
https://www.article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARTICLE-19-Senegal-Analysis-of-false-news-legislation-16-Jan.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Press Freedom in Senegal: National, Regional, and Global Frameworks. Resource Toolkit
Source:
International Press Institute
Date of Document:
December 2023
URL:
https://ipi.media/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Senegal-ENG-resource_toolkit.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined nineteenth to twenty-third periodic reports of Senegal
Code:
CERD/C/SEN/CO/19-23
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
22 September 2023
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CERD/C/SEN/CO/19-23
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Migration Profile: Senegal
Source:
Integral Human Development
Date of Document:
December 2021
URL:
https://migrants-refugees.va/it/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/01/2022-CP-Senegal.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
West & Central Africa: Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons Residence
Source:
Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les
réfugiés
Date of Document:
31 January 2024
URL:
https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/106770
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
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