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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
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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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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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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, 2017.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
3 December 2018
Accessed Date:
13 December 2018
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:
Côte d'Ivoire. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
21 March 2019
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
7 December 2018
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
7 December 2018
Title:
Final progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
31 January 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Freedom in the World 2018.
Accessed Date:
7 December 2018
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; Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits Humains
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:
19 May 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : La loi sur les défenseurs des droits de l'Homme enfin en vigueur
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
5 May 2017
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
Title:
Focus Côte d'Ivoire : Situation des défenseurs des droits de l'homme
Source:
Switzerland. State Secretariat for Migration.
Date of Document:
24 March 2016
Accessed Date:
13 December 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Code de la nationalité: Loi N° 61-415 du 14 décembre 1961 portant code de nationalité ivoirienne
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. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
7 December 2018
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
Keywords:
citizenship; nationality
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:
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
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
Keywords:
election; government corruption; legal system; penal system; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners
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
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:
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
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:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Côte d'Ivoire.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
7 December 2018
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:
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. Election for Assemblée nationale (Ivoirian National Assembly) of 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
20 December 2018
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
Accessed Date:
17 December 2018
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:
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) en Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
21 February 2017
Accessed Date:
15 December 2017
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
23 March 2018
Accessed Date:
7 December 2018
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:
Côte d'Ivoire : Les groups 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 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
7 December 2018
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. 2018 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
12 June 2018
Accessed Date:
7 December 2018
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
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 : 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:
Côte d'Ivoire. Freedom of the Press 2017.
Accessed Date:
17 December 2018
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
7 December 2018
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race - (No items in this section)
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 21 December 2018:
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2017&dlid=276991
Accessed Date:
23 April 2018
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