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30 April 2018
SENEGAL
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
January 2004
Accessed Date:
26 November 2012
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:
14 November 2017
Accessed Date:
22 November 2017
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Senegal
Date of Document:
11 January 2016
Accessed Date:
16 November 2017
Title:
Senegal. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
Accessed Date:
24 April 2018
Title:
Senegal. Amnesty International Report 2016/2017: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
16 November 2017
Title:
Senegal. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
11 December 2013
Accessed Date:
23 September 2014
Keywords:
children; citizenship; disappeared persons; female genital mutilation; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; penal system; sexual minorities; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Senegal: Failing to live up to its Promises. Recommendations on the eve of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights' Review of Senegal. 56th Session, April – May 2015.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
28 April 2015
Accessed Date:
12 November 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; disappeared persons; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations; sexual minorities; torture
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Senegal Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
22 November 2017
Title:
Loi no 61-70 du 7 mars 1961, Code de la nationalité sénégalaise
Accessed Date:
26 November 2012
Keywords:
legislation; nationality
Title:
L'enregistrement des faits d'état civils au Sénégal : mariages, naissances et décès
Source:
Senegal. Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie.
Date of Document:
December 2015
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Mobile Birth Registration in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Orange Senegal and Uganda Telecom solutions
Source:
GSMA Mobile Identity Team
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Loi no 2013-05 portant modification de la loi no 91-10 du 7 mars 1961 déterminant la nationalité, modifiée
Accessed Date:
23 September 2014
Keywords:
children; gender equality; legislation; marriage; nationality
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:
Demander une carte nationale d'identité
Accessed Date:
30 November 2017
Title:
Demander un bulletin de naissance
Accessed Date:
22 November 2017
Title:
Loi n° 2016-09 du 14 mars 2016 instituant une carte d'identité biométrique CEDEAO
Accessed Date:
22 November 2017
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic Of Senegal. Election for President of 25 March 2012.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 - Senegal Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Republic of Senegal. Election for Assemblée Nationale (Senegalese National Assembly) of 2 July 2017.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
15 November 2017
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Senegal
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
1 September 2017
Accessed Date:
14 November 2017
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Excision. Sénégal: enquête démographique et de santé continue (EDS-continue) 2016.
Source:
Senegal. Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie.
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
14 November 2017
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
Keywords:
children; crime; gender equality; legal system; legislation; marriage; religion
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined third to seventh periodic reports of Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
28 July 2015
Accessed Date:
18 November 2015
Keywords:
children; citizenship; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; political activities; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Senegal. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; identity documents; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; minorities; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
7 March 2016
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Country Profile: FGM in Senegal
Date of Document:
June 2015
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
“I still see the Talibés Begging”: Government program to protect Talibé children in Senegal falls short
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 July 2017
Accessed Date:
14 November 2017
Title:
Les mariages forcés au Sénégal
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
29 September 2016
Accessed Date:
14 November 2017
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:
Senegal. State Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
15 November 2017
Title:
The situation of sexual minorities in Senegal, including societal attitudes and whether there is a difference in the treatment of lesbians and gay men; state protection (2010-April 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 May 2013
Accessed Date:
23 September 2013
Keywords:
legislation; minorities; sexual minorities
Title:
La situation actuelle des personnes homosexuelles
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 September 2014
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Senegal: Quash Conviction of 7 for ‘Acts Against Nature'
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 August 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; judicial efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual minorities; social services; warrants
Title:
Senegal politician seeks explicit law against homosexuality
Date of Document:
11 May 2016
Accessed Date:
25 November 2016
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Senegal (Tier 2 Watch List). Trafficking in Persons Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
14 November 2017
Title:
Senegal. 2017 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
7 April 2017
Accessed Date:
16 November 2017
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
Accessed Date:
14 November 2017
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
Keywords:
legislation; penal system
Title:
Senegal. WJP Rule of Law Index 2016
Source:
World Justice Project
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
18 November 2016
Title:
Analysis of the Laws Amending the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 April 2017
Accessed Date:
15 November 2017
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
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
Title:
Senegal. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
18 November 2016
Title:
Senegal. International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 August 2017
Accessed Date:
16 November 2017
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:
Situation des albinos au Sénégal
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 April 2016
Accessed Date:
18 November 2016
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
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 2017:
Title:
Senegal. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=265294
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
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