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23 April 2021
CHAD
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
March 2014
Accessed Date:
23 September 2014
Title:
Tchad. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
19 October 2012
Title:
Chad. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
16 February 2021
Accessed Date:
22 February 2021
Title:
Tchad. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
24 December 2015
Accessed Date:
7 September 2016
Title:
Tchad. Aperçu des besoins humanitaires 2020.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
4 February 2021
Title:
The Ngueli [Nguéli, N'Gueli, N'gueli] massacre on 26 November 2016, including the perpetrators, their motivations and victims; treatment of massacre victims and the people who support them; the 'Ngueli Victims Assistance Committee' ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 June 2019
Accessed Date:
20 September 2019
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Chad
Accessed Date:
4 February 2021
Source:
France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international.
Date of Document:
8 February 2021
Accessed Date:
12 February 2021
Title:
Chad. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
4 February 2021
Title:
Rapport de mission. Enquête sur les conflits intercommunautaires : de Goïgoudoum, (Mayo Kebbi Ouest) et Kolon, (Tandjile-Ouest).
Source:
Ligue Tchadienne des Droits de l'Homme
Date of Document:
July 2019
Accessed Date:
4 February 2021
Title:
Chad: Strangled budgets, silenced dissent: the human cost of austerity measures in chad
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
16 July 2018
Accessed Date:
4 February 2021
Title:
Chad.Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
Accessed Date:
13 April 2021
Title:
Chad. Human Rights in Africa: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 April 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Chad. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Rapport sur la situation des Droits de l'Homme au Tchad 2018
Source:
Ligue Tchadienne des Droits de l'Homme
Accessed Date:
5 September 2019
Title:
Rapport alternatif de la FIACAT et de l'ACAT Tchad pour l'adoption d'une liste de points à traiter avant soumission du rapport à l'occasion de l'examen du quatrième rapport périodique du Tchad sur la mise en œuvre du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques
Source:
Fédération internationale de l'Action des chrétiens pour l'abolition de la torture; Action des chrétiens pour l'abolition de la torture au Tchad
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
6 September 2017
Title:
Between Recession and Repression: The Rising Cost of Dissent in Chad
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 September 2017
Accessed Date:
26 September 2017
Title:
Chad: Legal analysis of the Chadian Ordinance on the right to freedom of association: The use of national legislation to impose unlawful restrictions on the right to freedom of associations
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
25 October 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2019
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Chad
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/TCD/1
Date of Document:
30 August 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2019
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Chad
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/TCD/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 August 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2019
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/TCD/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
31 August 2018
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Rapport d'observation des violations des droits de l'Homme au Tchad en période du covid-19
Source:
Ligue Tchadienne des Droits de l'Homme
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Chad. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Décret n 211/PG.-INT. du 6 novembre 1963 portant application du code de la nationalité tchadienne
Accessed Date:
19 October 2012
Title:
Citizenship laws, including methods by which a person may obtain citizenship; whether dual citizenship is recognized and if so, how it is acquired; process for renouncing citizenship and related documentation; grounds for withdrawing citizenship
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 April 2007
Accessed Date:
19 October 2012
Title:
Chad. Birth Registration – Phase Two. A Comparative Report Prepared for UNICEF.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
6 September 2017
Title:
Permis de Conduire. Document: TCD-FO-01001.
Source:
European Council. Public Register of Authentic travel and identity Documents Online.
Date of Document:
8 July 2019
Accessed Date:
5 September 2019
Title:
Requirements and procedure for obtaining a national identity card, a passport, a driver's licence and a vehicle registration (carte grise), both from within the country and from abroad; appearance and security features of these documents...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 January 2018
Accessed Date:
20 September 2018
Title:
Legislation on nationality, including the procedure to obtain nationality; whether dual nationality is recognized (2007-July 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 July 2019
Accessed Date:
20 September 2019
Title:
Ordonnance 33/PG.-INT. du 14 août 1962 code de la nationalité tchadienne
Accessed Date:
5 September 2019
Title:
Refugee attestations and refugee identity cards, their issuing authorities, uses and appearance, including in 2015 (2015–February 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
Accessed Date:
29 January 2021
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Chad. Assemblée nationale (National Assembly).
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Date of Document:
16 July 2018
Accessed Date:
6 September 2018
Title:
The Party for Freedom and Development (Parti pour les libertés et le développement, PLD), including its objectives, activities and membership cards; the disappearance of party leader Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh; the treatment of party members by authorities (2013-November 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 December 2014
Accessed Date:
29 September 2016
Title:
Tchad : Le conflit social entre les syndicats de fonctionnaires et le gouvernement tchadien (2016-2018)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
30 November 2018
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
The Chadian Human Rights League (Ligue tchadienne des droits de l'homme, LTDH), including its structure, its objectives and activities; treatment of LTDH members by the authorities
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 August 2013
Accessed Date:
23 September 2014
Title:
Treatment of revolutionary movement sympathizers by authorities along the border with Libya (2011-November 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 December 2016
Accessed Date:
20 September 2017
Title:
Treatment of people who oppose the government, including activists or suspected activists from opposition parties (2016-August 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 September 2018
Accessed Date:
26 September 2018
Title:
The Framework of Popular Action for Solidarity and Unity of the Republic (Cadre d'action populaire pour la solidarité et l'unité de la République, CAP-SUR) political party, including the treatment of its members by the authorities since ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 January 2017
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
Title:
Strike and demonstrations organized by teachers, including the demonstration of 25 January 2017 in N'Djamena; student participation in the strike and demonstrations; treatment of participants by the authorities (2016-December 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 December 2017
Accessed Date:
30 August 2018
Title:
National Union of Chadian Students (Union nationale des étudiants tchadiens, UNET), including the arrest of its leader in 2015; outcome of his trial; circumstances of his release; demonstrations organized by UNET; reaction of authorities to demonstrations (2015-April 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 April 2016
Accessed Date:
29 September 2016
Title:
The National Union for Development and Renewal (Union nationale pour le développement et le renouveau, UNDR), including its composition, activities and regions of influence; the treatment of its members and sympathizers by authorities, including during the 2016 election campaign (2014-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 February 2015
Accessed Date:
29 September 2016
Title:
Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (Union des forces pour la démocratie et le développement, UFDD), including origins, structure, ideology and activities; treatment of UFDD members and their families by authorities; whether state agents harass or abduct UFDD members in Saudi Arabia or members of their families (2006-October 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 October 2015
Accessed Date:
29 September 2016
Title:
Movement for Peace and Development in Chad (Mouvement pour la paix et le développement du Tchad, MPDT), including its structure, objectives, leaders and activities; its membership cards; current situation of the former leader of the party, Mahamat Abdoulaye; treatment of party members by authorities (2014-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 February 2015
Accessed Date:
29 September 2016
Title:
Tchad : Le Conseil de Commandement Militaire pour le Salut de la République (CCMSR)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 September 2018
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Chad. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2019
Title:
Forced marriage in Chad, particularly whether an educated woman can flee a forced marriage and the protection she is offered by the authorities and NGOs; whether an educated woman may live alone in N'Djamena and Moundou
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 September 2015
Accessed Date:
29 September 2016
Title:
Custom of levirate, particularly the tradition among the Zakawa [Zagawa, Zaghawa, Zakhawa], including frequency and recourse available to victims; possibility of a woman living alone in major cities (2014-July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 July 2015
Accessed Date:
29 September 2016
Title:
Child custody rights when the father is deceased, including the mother's rights if she refuses levirate (2014-2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 December 2016
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
Title:
Tchad : Les mariages forcés
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 April 2017
Accessed Date:
26 September 2017
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
FGM in Chad: Short Report
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Situation of sexual minorities, including legislation; treatment by government and society, including in N'Djamena; state protection and support services (2011-July 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 July 2014
Accessed Date:
23 September 2014
Title:
Whether the draft penal code was adopted; the situation of sexual minorities, including their treatment by the government and society, especially in N'Djamena, state protection and support services (September 2014-November 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 November 2015
Accessed Date:
29 September 2016
Title:
Chad. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
5 September 2019
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Chad: Tier 2 Watch List. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Fighting Boko Haram in Chad: Beyond Military Measures. Africa Report N°246.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
8 March 2017
Accessed Date:
6 September 2017
Title:
Chad. 2020 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
12 March 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Chad. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Military service, including age of recruitment, the registration process and length of service; whether conscripts receive a notice from a recruitment office (bureau de recrutement); grounds for exemption and the possibility of alternative ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 May 2018
Accessed Date:
30 August 2018
Title:
Les défis de l'armée tchadienne. Rapport Afrique No 298.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
22 January 2021
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Gouvernance carcerale au Tchad regard de la LTDH
Source:
Ligue Tchadienne des Droits de l'Homme
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
6 September 2017
Title:
Enjeux et conséquences de la détention sur la population carcérale et la société tchadienne
Source:
Avocats Sans Frontières
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
6 September 2017
Title:
Update: An Introduction to the Legal System and Legal Research in Chad
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Nadjita F. Ngarhodjim; Miarom Bégoto
Accessed Date:
5 September 2019
Title:
La face cachée de « la Colère de Bohoma ». Rapport d'enquête de la LTDH
Source:
Ligue Tchadienne des Droits de l'Homme
Date of Document:
July 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Police and security forces, including structure, divisions, and ranks (2013-April 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 April 2014
Accessed Date:
23 September 2014
Title:
Many historic publications threatened with closure in Chad
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
7 October 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Chad. International Religious Freedom Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Treatment of members of the Gorane ethnic group [also known as Goran, Daza, Toubou, Dazaga and Dazagada] by the authorities since the presidential elections of April 2016 (April-October 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 October 2016
Accessed Date:
20 September 2017
Title:
The Gorane and Zaghawa ethnic groups, including their history and relationship; treatment of Gorane women by Zaghawa men; whether a single woman can relocate from N'Djamena to another area of the country, including treatment by society ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 December 2013
Accessed Date:
23 September 2014
Title:
Tubu Trouble: State and Statelessness in the Chad–Sudan–Libya Triangle
Source:
Small Arms Survey
Date of Document:
June 2017
Author:
Jérôme Tubiana; Claudio Gramizzi
Accessed Date:
6 September 2017
Title:
La Pratique de la diya au Tchad
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 September 2017
Accessed Date:
17 September 2018
Title:
Chad. The Indigenous World 2019.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2019
Author:
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Accessed Date:
5 September 2019
Title:
Chad. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
November 2020
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
Title:
Avoiding the Resurgence of Intercommunal Violence in Eastern Chad. Africa Report No 284.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
30 December 2019
Accessed Date:
5 February 2021
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 26 February 2021:
Title:
Chad. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/chad
Accessed Date:
20 March 2020
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