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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. UNOCI Deployment March 2016.
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
16 November 2016
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Interim Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
15 June 2012
Accessed Date:
14 November 2012
Keywords:
armed groups; children; crime; ethnic and national groups; gender equality; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; legal system; military service; police/security forces; political activities; rejected asylum seekers; sexual violence
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
21 December 2015
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Amnesty International Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
Title:
Thirty-seventh progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
8 December 2015
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
7 July 2014
Accessed Date:
22 December 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; conflict; corruption; crime; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; nationality; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Rapport de mission en République de Côte d'Ivoire. 26 novembre au 7 décembre 2012.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
May 2013
Accessed Date:
22 December 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; citizenship; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; transport infrastructure; tribes/clans; warrants
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Côte d'Ivoire.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
28 April 2015
Accessed Date:
6 November 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; corruption; disappeared persons; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; sexual violence; state surveillance
Title:
Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d'Ivoire, Doudou Diène.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
15 May 2014
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
Title:
Contribution à la Liste des Points à traiter pour la soumission du rapport initial de la Côte d'Ivoire devant le Comité contre la torture
Source:
World Organization Against Torture
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
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:
22 January 2016
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire - COI Compilation
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
February 2016
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Code de la nationalité Loi n° 61-415 du 14 Decembre 1961 (modifiée 1972, loi n° 2004-662 du 17 décembre 2004, n° 2005-03/PR du 15 juillet 2005, n° 2005-09/PR du 29 août 2005)
Date of Document:
14 December 1961
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
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 Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
16 December 2016
Title:
Nationality, Migration and Statelessness in West Africa - A study for UNHCR and IOM
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
June 2015
Accessed Date:
9 November 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; citizenship; corruption; freedom of movement; identity documents; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; minorities; nationality; rejected asylum seekers; trafficking in persons
Title:
Loi portant dispositions spéciales en matière de naturalisation. No 2004-663.
Accessed Date:
14 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; nationality
Title:
Loi relative à l'identification des personnes et au séjour des étrangers en Côte d'Ivoire et portant abrogation de la Loi No 98-448 du 4 août 1998
Accessed Date:
14 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents; nationality
Title:
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 nationality
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 December 2014
Accessed Date:
15 December 2015
Keywords:
children; citizenship; freedom of movement; legal system; legislation; marriage
Title:
The rights granted to a person with a residency permit
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 January 2010
Accessed Date:
14 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; freedom of movement; identity documents; labour; nationality; social services
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Le Groupement Patriotique pour la Paix (GPP)
Source:
France: Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (OFPRA)
Date of Document:
12 May 2016
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
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
Keywords:
election; government corruption; legal system; penal system; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire's Great West: Key to Reconciliation. Africa Report N°212.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 January 2014
Accessed Date:
22 December 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of movement; human rights activists; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; map; nationality; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; state surveillance; statistics; transport infrastructure; tribes/clans
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
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; disappeared persons; election; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; legal system; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; sexual violence; torture
Title:
“Justice Reestablishes Balance”: Delivering Credible Accountability for Serious Abuses in Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 March 2016
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
Title:
Treatment by members of Rally of the Republicans (Rassemblement des républicains, RDR) of members of the Ivorian Popular Front (Front populaire ivoirien, FPI), including family members (2008-December 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 December 2013
Accessed Date:
22 December 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 : Côte d'Ivoire Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
Title:
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. Election for President (President) of 25 October 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
9 November 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:
Treatment of members of the Bété ethnicity by the authorities; treatment of members of the Ivorian Popular Front (Front populaire ivoirien, FPI), including their family (December 2013-July 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 July 2014
Accessed Date:
22 December 2014
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners
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 2014.
Source:
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
22 December 2014
Keywords:
children; conflict; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of movement; gender equality; internal displacement; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; sexual violence; statistics
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
Keywords:
domestic violence; legislation; police efficacy; social services
Title:
Conflict Analysis Summary: Côte d'Ivoire. Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy in Conflict-Affected Contexts Programme.
Source:
United Nations. Children's Fund.
Date of Document:
June 2014
Accessed Date:
9 November 2015
Keywords:
children; conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of expression; government corruption; police corruption; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political organizations
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:
Report on Rape Crimes and their Prosecution in 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:
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
Keywords:
children; gender equality; gender-based violence; labour; legislation; police corruption; sexual minorities; social services
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
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; sexual minorities
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Obstacles to Social Cohesion and Dynamics of Youth Violence in Urban Spaces: Voices of residents of Abobo, Treichville and Yopougon neighbourhoods in the district of Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). Executive summary of the participatory research report.
Source:
Interpeace; Initiative de Dialogue et Recherche – Action pour la Paix (Indigo Côte d'Ivoire)
Date of Document:
July 2015
Accessed Date:
9 November 2015
Keywords:
children; conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of expression; government corruption; police corruption; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire (Tier 2). 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
5 March 2016
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Politics Undermining Côte d'Ivoire Trials, Activists Say
Source:
United Nations. Integrated Regional Information Networks.
Date of Document:
29 January 2014
Accessed Date:
22 December 2014
Keywords:
abduction; conflict; crime; election; government corruption; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; political activities; political opposition; statistics; warrants
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Choisir entre la justice et l'impunité. Rapport : Les autorités ivoiriennes face à leurs engagements.
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
11 December 2014
Accessed Date:
9 November 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; sexual violence
Title:
Making Justice Count: Lessons from the ICC's Work in Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 August 2015
Accessed Date:
9 November 2015
Keywords:
children; conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual violence
Title:
“To Consolidate This Peace of Ours”: A Human Rights Agenda for Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 December 2015
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Extortion by Security Forces
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 July 2013
Accessed Date:
9 November 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; crime; identity documents; institutional efficacy; police corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
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
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; disappeared persons; election; female genital mutilation; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; sexual violence; torture; witness protection
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
8 December 2016
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
Accessed Date:
14 November 2016
Title:
West Africa Report: Is Côte d'Ivoire facing religious radicalism?
Source:
Institute for Security Studies
Date of Document:
July 2015
Accessed Date:
10 November 2015
Keywords:
conflict; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Treatment of members of the Bete ethnicity by the authorities; whether there have been arbitrary arrests of members of the Bete (2010-July 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 July 2013
Accessed Date:
28 November 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; minorities; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; statistics; torture; warrants
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
19 July 2016
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: New commitments signal hope for 300,000 still internally displaced
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
26 February 2015
Accessed Date:
10 November 2015
Keywords:
election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Responsibility to Respond to Internal Displacement in the ECOWAS Region: Case Studies of Cote D'Ivoire, Liberia and Nigeria
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
March 2015
Accessed Date:
10 November 2015
Keywords:
election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; government corruption; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; nationality; political organizations; trafficking in persons
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. The 2015 ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
10 November 2015
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; institutional efficacy; labour; police/security forces; social services; statistics
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 22 December 2016:
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 April 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2015&dlid=252673
Accessed Date:
19 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; warrants
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