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30 April 2020
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
République centrafricaine. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
13 February 2017
Title:
République centrafricaine. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
31 May 2016
Accessed Date:
13 February 2017
Title:
Central African Republic. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
3 April 2020
Accessed Date:
22 April 2020
Title:
République Centrafricaine : Aperçu des besoins humanitaires 2020
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
11 October 2019
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Final report of the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to Security Council resolution 2454 (2019)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
14 December 2019
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Central African Republic: 'Everything was in flames'. The attack on a displaced persons camp in Alindao
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 December 2018
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
Central African Republic: Rebels Executing Civilians
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 October 2018
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
Central African Republic (CAR): COI Compilation
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
December 2018
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report – Central African Republic
Accessed Date:
29 April 2020
Title:
Central African Republic. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
Accessed Date:
20 March 2020
Title:
Central African Republic. Human Rights in Africa: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 April 2020
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Central African Republic . Freedom in the World 2019.
Accessed Date:
27 June 2019
Title:
Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
9 August 2019
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Concluding observations concerning the initial report of the Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Date of Document:
4 May 2018
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
Central African Republic. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/CAF/1
Source:
Central African Republic
Date of Document:
20 August 2018
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
Compilation on the Central African Republic
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/CAF/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
3 September 2018
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General: Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
15 October 2019
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
An Exit Strategy for MINUSCA: Progress and Obstacles
Source:
Stimson Center; Better World Campaign
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
4 April 2018
Title:
Assessing the Effectiveness of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic
Source:
International Peace Institute. Global Observatory.
Date of Document:
21 November 2019
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Loi n° 1961.212 du 20 avril 1961 portant code de la nationalité centrafricaine
Source:
Central African Republic
Accessed Date:
25 April 2014
Title:
Central African Republic. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Etat civil en République centrafricaine : enjeux et pratiques : Effets sur l'accès à la justice et la réalisation des droits fondamentaux
Source:
Avocats Sans Frontières
Date of Document:
July 2017
Author:
Thierry Vircoulon
Accessed Date:
4 April 2018
Title:
Les enregistrements et actes de naissance et l'accès à l'éducation en République centrafricaine
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
January 2018
Author:
Dr. Marika Tsolakis
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Avoiding the Worst in Central African Republic. Africa Report N°253.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 September 2017
Accessed Date:
4 April 2018
Title:
Central African Republic. Election for President of 14 February 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
14 March 2016
Title:
Central African Republic. Election for Assemblée Nationale (Central African National Assembly) of 31 March 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
4 April 2017
Title:
Making the Central African Republic's Latest Peace Agreement Stick
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
18 June 2019
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Central African Republic. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
National Legal Requirements: Prosecution of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Central African Republic
Source:
Centre for International Law Research and Policy. Case Matrix Network.
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
4 April 2018
Title:
Children and armed conflict in the Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
30 October 2019
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Loi no° 06.032 du 2006, portant protection de la femme contre la violence en République Centrafricaine
Source:
Central African Republic
Accessed Date:
4 April 2017
Title:
Central African Republic. Conflict-related sexual violence.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
29 March 2019
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
“They Said We Are Their Slaves”: Sexual Violence by Armed Groups in the Central African Republic
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 October 2017
Author:
Hillary Margolis; Lewis Mudge
Editor:
Fred Abrahams et al.
Accessed Date:
4 April 2018
Title:
Les femmes entre les lignes de front en République centrafricaine
Source:
Institute for Security Studies
Date of Document:
25 September 2017
Author:
Dorothée Thiénot
Accessed Date:
4 April 2018
Title:
Supplement to the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict: Central African Republic
Source:
Centre for International Law Research and Policy and the Commission for International Justice and Accountability. Case Matrix Network.
Date of Document:
December 2018
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
6.
Sexual Minorities - (No items in this section)
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Central African Republic. 2020 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
3 March 2020
Accessed Date:
28 April 2020
Title:
Central African Republic: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
Accessed Date:
12 September 2019
Title:
Splintered Warfare: Alliances, affiliations, and agendas of armed factions and politico-military groups in the Central African Republic
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
5 April 2018
Title:
Violations and Abuses of Human Rights and Violations of International Humanitarian Law by the FPRC Coalition and the UPC in Haute-Kotto and Ouaka between 21 November 2016 and 21 February 2017
Source:
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic
Date of Document:
September 2017
Accessed Date:
5 April 2018
Title:
Killing Without Consequence: War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 July 2017
Accessed Date:
5 April 2018
Title:
Central African Republic: New Court Should Step Up Effort
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 July 2019
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
ILAC Rapport d'évaluation de l'état de droit: République Centrafricaine 2017
Source:
International Legal Assistance Consortium
Accessed Date:
5 April 2018
Title:
The Long Wait for Justice: Accountability in Central African Republic
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
11 January 2017
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Fonctions et réalités de la détention dans les prisons de Bangui et de Berberati
Source:
Avocats Sans Frontières
Date of Document:
16 December 2019
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Loi no° 10.001 du 2010, portant code penal centrafricain
Source:
Central African Republic
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
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 on its mission to the Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 September 2017
Accessed Date:
5 April 2018
11.
Media Freedoms - (No items in this section)
Title:
Central African Republic. International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
21 June 2019
Accessed Date:
12 September 2019
Title:
Central African Republic. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: Annual Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2019
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race - (No items in this section)
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Central African Republic: Overview of population movements
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs et al.
Date of Document:
31 January 2020
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
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 March 2020:
Title:
Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
June 2016
URL:
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/car.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 April 2017
Title:
Central African Republic. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ct.html
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
République centrafricaine. Aperçu des besoins humanitaires 2019.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
31 October 2018
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/rca_01112018_ocha_hno.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
Central African Republic. Freedom in the World 2018.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/central-african-republic
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
Central African Republic. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/central-african-republic
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
Central African Republic. 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/CentralAfricanRepublic.html
Accessed Date:
9 April 2019
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Central African Republic.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
http://www.bti-project.org/fileadmin/files/BTI/Downloads/Reports/2018/pdf/BTI_2018_Central_African_Republic.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 April 2018
Title:
Central African Republic. 2017 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
14 March 2017
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/9d988810-ae4d-4a06-bacf-15f4ae0abdf7
Accessed Date:
25 April 2017
Title:
Central African Republic. 2019 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
22 July 2019
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/70c01cf3-4a78-4d64-986f-16526eea886f
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Central African Republic. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2018
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2018USCIRFAR.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
Final report of the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to Security Council resolution 2339 (2017)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
6 December 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/S/2017/1023
Accessed Date:
4 April 2018
Title:
Central African Republic. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/africa/central-african-republic/report-central-african-republic/
Accessed Date:
4 April 2018
Title:
Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
13 August 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/A/HRC/39/70
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on the Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
15 October 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/S/2018/922
Accessed Date:
8 April 2019
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
12 February 2016
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/S/2016/133
Accessed Date:
4 April 2017
Title:
Rapport annuel des incidents de VBG 2016
Source:
Groupe Technique du Système de Gestion des Informations de Violence Basée sur le Genre et al.
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/report/central-african-republic/syst-me-de-gestion-de-l-information-sur-les-vbg-gbvims-rapport
Accessed Date:
25 April 2017
Title:
Central African Republic. Freedom of the Press 2016.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2016/central-african-republic
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Policy Update: Central African Republic Factsheet
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
October 2017
URL:
http://www.uscirf.gov/reports-briefs/policy-update/policy-update-central-african-republic-factsheet
Accessed Date:
1 October 2017
Title:
Final report of the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to Security Council resolution 2454 (2019)
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
14 December 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/S/2019/930
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report – Central African Republic
URL:
https://www.bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report-CAF.html
Accessed Date:
29 April 2020
Title:
Central African Republic. Human Rights in Africa: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 April 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/AFR0113522020ENGLISH.PDF
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
9 August 2019
URL:
http://undocs.org/A/HRC/42/61
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General: Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
15 October 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/S/2019/822
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Assessing the Effectiveness of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic
Source:
International Peace Institute. Global Observatory.
Date of Document:
21 November 2019
URL:
https://theglobalobservatory.org/2019/11/assessing-effectiveness-un-mission-central-african-republic/
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Les enregistrements et actes de naissance et l'accès à l'éducation en République centrafricaine
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
January 2018
Author:
Dr. Marika Tsolakis
URL:
https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/reports/car/180126_car_civdoc_final.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Making the Central African Republic's Latest Peace Agreement Stick
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
18 June 2019
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/central-african-republic/277-making-central-african-republics-latest-peace-agreement-stick
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Children and armed conflict in the Central African Republic
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
30 October 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/S/2019/852
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Central African Republic. Conflict-related sexual violence.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
29 March 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/S/2019/280
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Supplement to the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict: Central African Republic
Source:
Centre for International Law Research and Policy and the Commission for International Justice and Accountability. Case Matrix Network.
Date of Document:
December 2018
URL:
https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/b2e51b/pdf/
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Central African Republic: New Court Should Step Up Effort
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 July 2019
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/07/24/central-african-republic-new-court-should-step-effort
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Fonctions et réalités de la détention dans les prisons de Bangui et de Berberati
Source:
Avocats Sans Frontières
Date of Document:
16 December 2019
URL:
https://www.asf.be/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ASF-Fonctions-et-réalités-de-la-détention-dans-les-prisons-de-Bangui-et-de-Berberati.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Loi no° 10.001 du 2010, portant code penal centrafricain
Source:
Central African Republic
URL:
https://www.refworld.org/docid/54f7222c4.html
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
Title:
Central African Republic: Overview of population movements
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs et al.
Date of Document:
31 January 2020
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/ocha_carte_deplacement_eng_31_jan_2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 April 2020
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