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July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
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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: Personnes vivant avec le VIH /SIDA (PVVIH)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 February 2023
Accessed Date:
16 February 2024
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 July 2022
Accessed Date:
12 February 2025
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
23 December 2025
Accessed Date:
23 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: COI Compilation
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
18 October 2021
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : La Cour royale d'Agnibilékrou
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 February 2025
Accessed Date:
3 February 2026
Title:
Le droit à la santé en Côte d'Ivoire
Date of Document:
5 April 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
25 February 2025
Accessed Date:
26 February 2025
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Présentation de la Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
31 July 2025
Accessed Date:
3 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Rapport de mission en République de Côte d'Ivoire du 25 novembre au 7 décembre 2019
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 December 2019
Accessed Date:
7 February 2023
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
Accessed Date:
3 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire.The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
3 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
21 January 2020
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: The Need for a Justice System that Protects Human Rights. Amnesty International Submission to the 47th Session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, 4 to 15 November 2024.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
1 March 2024
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
3 February 2026
Title:
Submission by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, NGO in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC And Coalition Ivorienne des Défenseurs des Droits Humains And West African Human Rights Defenders Network
Source:
CIVICUS; Ivorian Coalition of Human Rights Defenders
Date of Document:
8 April 2024
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Visit to Côte d'Ivoire: Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Tomoya Obokata
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
1 July 2024
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
National report submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/: Côte d'Ivoire
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/47/CIV/1
Date of Document:
21 August 2024
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/47/CIV/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
23 August 2024
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Côte d'Ivoire
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/47/CIV/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
21 August 2024
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Violations des droits humains attribuées aux rebelles, en particulier au Nord (2002-2011)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
23 June 2022
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Recueil des textes législatifs et règlementaires relatifs au droit de la nationalité Ivoirienne
Date of Document:
27 January 2016
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
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:
23 February 2026
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
Title:
Compil des textes législatifs et règlementaires relatifs à l'identification des personnes et au séjour des étrangers
Source:
Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative
Date of Document:
June 2013
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire and Mali: 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 n...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 December 2014
Accessed Date:
15 December 2015
Date of Document:
October 2023
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Rapport sur le droit de la nationalité: Côte d'Ivoire
Code:
RSCAS/GLOBALCIT-CR 2021/9
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Author:
Perle Audrey Diaha-Yao
Accessed Date:
13 October 2021
Title:
Loi de 2024 qui Modifie le Code de la Nationalité
Date of Document:
24 April 2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Côte d'Ivoire: Senate.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
19 February 2024
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
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
Title:
Déclaration Préliminaire Conjointe Cedeao-Union Africaine – Élection
Source:
Economic Community of West African States
Date of Document:
27 October 2025
Accessed Date:
16 February 2026
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Côte d'Ivoire: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire's democratic backslide: elections leave even less space for freedom
Date of Document:
25 November 2025
Accessed Date:
3 February 2026
Title:
Election présidentielle sous tension : le paradoxe ivoirien
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
1 August 2025
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Exactions attribuées aux FRCI dans le Sud-Ouest ivoirien particulièrement en 2011 et 2012 à Grabo et Fetai
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
1 February 2023
Accessed Date:
19 February 2024
Title:
Gbagbo's Return to Côte d'Ivoire: A New Opportunity for Reconciliation
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
17 June 2021
Author:
Wendyam Hervé Lankoandé
Accessed Date:
13 October 2021
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:
Côte d'Ivoire: Les enfants accusés de sorcellerie
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
13 July 2022
Accessed Date:
19 February 2024
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
Title:
SIGI Country Profile: Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
Social Institutions and Gender Index
Date of Document:
6 October 2025
Accessed Date:
16 February 2026
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:
Côte d'Ivoire : Les mutilations sexuelles féminines (MSF)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 March 2023
Accessed Date:
20 February 2024
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF)
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
5 February 2024
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Recueil de Textes Juridiques Relatifs aux Violences Basées sur le Genre (VBG) en Côte d'Ivoire
Accessed Date:
3 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Le mariage forcé
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
6 October 2023
Accessed Date:
20 February 2024
Title:
Protection des Victimes de Violences Sexuelles en Côte d'Ivoire : Des Avancées mais Encore de Nombreuses Lacunes
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
November 2023
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Concluding observation on the fourth periodic report of Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
30 July 2019
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Analyse Institutionnelle du Genre. République de Côte d'Ivoire - Profile genre pays - 2024
Source:
African Development Fund
Date of Document:
4 October 2025
Page Numbers:
21–48; 80–82
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
12 July 2019
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
« On va régler ça en famille ». Les obstacles à une prise en charge des victimes de violences sexuelles en Côte d'Ivoire.
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
March 2022
Author:
Daisy Schmitt; Corine Vanié Moussa
Editor:
Patricia Huyghebaert et al.
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Enfants nés en dehors du mariage
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 November 2021
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Treatment of individuals with diverse sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (SOGIE) by society and authorities, including legislation, state protection and support services (2019–August 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 October 2021
Accessed Date:
25 October 2021
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
Title:
Focus Côte d'Ivoire: Situation des personnes LGBT en Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
Swiss Confederation. State Secretariat for Migration.
Date of Document:
1 December 2023
Accessed Date:
20 February 2024
Title:
Inclusive Governance Initiative: Côte d'Ivoire Baseline Report
Source:
United Nations Population Fund
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Les minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 June 2025
Accessed Date:
4 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : L'homosexualité
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
17 December 2021
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
20 February 2024
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Les groupes 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:
Côte d'Ivoire: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2025.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 September 2025
Accessed Date:
4 February 2026
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
9 August 2024
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
Date of Document:
May 2022
Author:
Sébastien Hervieu
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Cote d'Ivoire.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
10 April 2025
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Global Organized Crime Index 2025.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
4 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire's Containment of Jihadist Threats: A Provisional Success?
Source:
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Authorities must respect human rights and protect the side of anti-corruption
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 February 2024
Accessed Date:
30 January 2025
Title:
Initial report submitted by Côte d'Ivoire under article 19 of the Convention pursuant to the simplified reporting procedure, due in 1997
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
4 March 2024
Accessed Date:
30 January 2025
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: From Justice Sacrificed in the Name of “Reconciliation” to Justice Exploited as a Political Instrument
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
September 2022
Author:
Maria Teresa; Tienda Rivera; Molly Cyr
Editor:
Éléonore Morel et al.
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Update: The legal system in Côte d'Ivoire
Date of Document:
October 2022
Author:
Armel Olivier Yapi; Yao Mamoudou Ouattara
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Visit to Côte d'Ivoire: 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
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
28 June 2024
Accessed Date:
31 January 2025
Title:
Ivory Coast. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
4 February 2026
Title:
Londa 2022 Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report: Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
Paradigm Initiative
Date of Document:
April 2023
Accessed Date:
4 February 2025
Title:
Ivory Coast. World Press Freedom Index 2024.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Accessed Date:
4 February 2025
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
4 February 2025
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Treatment of the Dioula ethnic group by the authorities and society, including whether the Dioula are considered opponents of the government or sympathizers of an opposition movement (2007-2008, 2017-April 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 April 2019
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
The Wé ethnic group, including its location in the country and relations with the Dozos; treatment of members of the Wé ethnic group by authorities; state protection (2016-January 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 January 2018
Accessed Date:
20 November 2020
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Les porteurs de masque chez les Dan - Yacouba et les éventuelles disparitions d'enfants
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 April 2025
Accessed Date:
4 February 2026
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Profilage socio-économique des demandeurs d'asile en Côte d'Ivoire entre mai et octobre 2025.
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
December 2025
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
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 28 February 2025:
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
19 February 2025
URL:
https://web.archive.org/web/20260203121052/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cote-divoire/
Accessed Date:
24 February 2025
Title:
Présentation de la Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
3 January 2025
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/cote-d-ivoire/presentation-de-la-cote-d-ivoire/
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2024.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/POL1072002024ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Freedom in the World 2024.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/cote-divoire/freedom-world/2024
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. 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/CotedvIoire.html
Accessed Date:
24 February 2025
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Côte d'Ivoire: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/parliament/CI/CI-LC01/
Accessed Date:
19 February 2024
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/cote-divoire/#:~:text=The%20Government%20of%20Cote%20d,Ivoire%20remained%20on%20Tier%202.
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/country/cote_d_ivoire
Accessed Date:
20 February 2024
Title:
Ivory Coast. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
URL:
https://www.policinglaw.info/country/ivory-coast
Accessed Date:
24 February 2023
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire religious groups get support to enhance mental health care
Source:
United Nations. World Health Organization.
Date of Document:
10 October 2023
URL:
https://www.afro.who.int/countries/cote-divoire/news/cote-divoire-religious-groups-get-support-enhance-mental-health-care
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Côte d'Ivoire: Country Focus.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
June 2019
URL:
https://euaa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/2019_EASO_COI_Cotedivoire_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 December 2019
Title:
Focus Côte d'Ivoire. Situation sécuritaire (mise à jour).
Source:
Swiss Confederation. State Secretariat for Migration.
Date of Document:
30 September 2018
URL:
https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/data/sem/internationales/herkunftslaender/afrika/civ/CIV-sicherheitslage-update-f.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 December 2019
Title:
Mental Health Atlas 2020 Member State Profile: Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations. World Health Organization.
URL:
https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/mental-health-atlas-2020-country-profiles/civ.pdf?sfvrsn=4bfad7f4_6&download=true
Accessed Date:
7 February 2023
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Thousands of Families Still Awaiting Support Measures After Forced Evictions in Abidjan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 August 2024
URL:
https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/cote-divoire-thousands-of-families-still-awaiting-support-measures-after-forced-evictions-in-abidjan/
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 33rd Session of the Universal Periodic Review
Source:
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion; Coalition de la société civile de lutte contre l'apatridie
Date of Document:
4 October 2018
URL:
https://files.institutesi.org/UPR33_Cote_dIvoire.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Décision N° CI-2020-EP-010/09-11/CC/SG du 09 novembre 2020 portant proclamation des résultats définitifs de l'élection du président de la République du 31 octobre 2020
Source:
Côte d'Ivoire. Conseil Constitutionnel
Date of Document:
11 November 2020
URL:
http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.ci/archives-et-decisions/decision-ndeg-ci-2020-ep-01009-11ccsg-du-09-novembre-2020-portant-proclamation
Accessed Date:
13 October 2021
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Post-Election Violence, Repression
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
2 December 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/02/cote-divoire-post-election-violence-repression
Accessed Date:
13 October 2021
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire's October 2020 Presidential Elections
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
11 August 2020
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11480
Accessed Date:
13 October 2021
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Hundreds arrested languishing in detention following presidential election unrest
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 March 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/03/cote-divoire-hundreds-arrested-still-languishing-in-detention/
Accessed Date:
13 October 2021
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: The use of machetes and guns reveals horrors of post-election violence
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
16 November 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2020/11/cote-divoire-use-of-machetes-and-guns-reveals-horrors/
Accessed Date:
13 October 2021
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Le Congrès National des Soroïstes (CNDS)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 June 2022
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2206_civ_congres_national_des_soroistes_et_branche_europe_156316_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Mission d'observation électorale de l'Union africaine pour l'élection du président de la République du 31 Octobre 2020 en République de Côte d'Ivoire : Rapport final
Date of Document:
21 November 2020
URL:
https://au.int/sites/default/files/documents/40267-doc-rapport_de_la_mission_dobservation_electorale_de_lunion_africaine_pour_lelection_presidentielle_du_31_octobre_2020_en_republique_de_cote_divoire.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: An Election Delay for Dialogue
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 September 2020
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/c%C3%B4te-divoire/b161-cote-divoire-reporter-pour-dialoguer
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
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.
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157348
Accessed Date:
15 December 2017
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. Conflict-related sexual violence. Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
29 March 2019
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/S/2019/280
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: The Law and FGM
Date of Document:
August 2018
URL:
https://www.28toomany.org/media/uploads/Law%20Reports/cote_d%27ivoire_law_report_v3_(july_2021).pdf
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Les victimes de la traite des êtres humains à des fins d'exploitation par le travail
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 March 2019
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/1902_civ_teh.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
List of issues and questions in relation to the fourth periodic report of Côte d'Ivoire. Addendum: Replies of Côte d'Ivoire to the list of issues and questions.
Code:
CEDAW/C/CIV/Q/4/Add.1
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/CIV/Q/4/Add.1
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
FGM in Côte d'Ivoire: Short report
Date of Document:
March 2020
URL:
https://www.28toomany.org/media/uploads/Country%20Research%20and%20Resources/Cote%20d%20Ivoire/cote_d%27ivoire_short_report_v1_(march_2020).pdf
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
CARE Rapid Gender Analysis
Source:
CARE International
Date of Document:
26 April 2020
Author:
Ouattara Malamita
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/attachments/c5a926ec-e149-3e0c-bbf2-3534d298b379/27-05-20-RAPPORT-DE-LANALYSE-GENRE-RAPIDE_-CARE_-cote-divoire.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
Fighting Domestic Violence: Ivory Coast
URL:
https://resourcehub.bakermckenzie.com/en/resources/fighting-domestic-violence/africa/ivory-coast/topics/1legal-provisions
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Violence against children and youth in Côte d'Ivoire: Findings from a national survey
Source:
Côte d'Ivoire. Ministry of the Family, Women, and Children
Date of Document:
March 2020
URL:
https://cdn.togetherforgirls.org/assets/files/Co%CC%82te-dIvoire-VACS-Report-2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
URL:
https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/learning-resources/child-marriage-atlas/regions-and-countries/c%C3%B4te-divoire/
Accessed Date:
20 February 2024
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Situation des minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
20 October 2021
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2110_civ_minorites_sexuelles_et_de_genre_154478_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Are children paying the price for cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana?
Date of Document:
May 2022
Author:
Allan Ngari; Duncan E Omondi Gumba
URL:
https://enact-africa.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/2022-06-28-child-labour-in-cocoa-industry.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Keeping Jihadists Out of Northern Côte d'Ivoire. Africa. Report N°192
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
11 August 2023
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/cote-divoire/b192-keeping-jihadists-out-northern-cote-divoire
Accessed Date:
20 February 2024
Title:
Disappointed Hope: Judicial Handling of Post-Election Violence in Cote d'Ivoire
Source:
International Center for Transitional Justice
Date of Document:
April 2016
URL:
https://www.ictj.org/sites/default/files/ICTJ-Report-CDI-Prosecutions-2016-English.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 December 2017
Title:
State of Safety of Journalists in Côte d'Ivoire: 2010-2019
Source:
Media Foundation for West Africa
Date of Document:
10 June 2019
URL:
http://www.mfwa.org/publication/state-of-safety-of-journalists-in-cote-divoire/
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire welcomes families home, as refugee status formally ends
Date of Document:
20 June 2022
URL:
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1120832
Accessed Date:
4 February 2025
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
25 February 2025
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12479
Accessed Date:
26 February 2025
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/cote-divoire/
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
Déclaration Préliminaire Conjointe Cedeao-Union Africaine – Élection
Source:
Economic Community of West African States
Date of Document:
27 October 2025
URL:
https://www.peaceau.org/uploads/smk-rev-declaration-cojointe-cedeao-ua.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: Exactions attribuées aux FRCI dans le Sud-Ouest ivoirien particulièrement en 2011 et 2012 à Grabo et Fetai
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
1 February 2023
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2302_civ_exactions_grabo__frci_158404_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 February 2024
Title:
Gbagbo's Return to Côte d'Ivoire: A New Opportunity for Reconciliation
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
17 June 2021
Author:
Wendyam Hervé Lankoandé
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/c%C3%B4te-divoire/retour-de-laurent-gbagbo-en-cote-divoire-une-nouvelle-occasion-de-reconciliation
Accessed Date:
13 October 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
12 July 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CRC/C/CIV/CO/2
Accessed Date:
5 November 2020
Title:
« On va régler ça en famille ». Les obstacles à une prise en charge des victimes de violences sexuelles en Côte d'Ivoire.
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
March 2022
Author:
Daisy Schmitt; Corine Vanié Moussa
Editor:
Patricia Huyghebaert et al.
URL:
https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/vsbg_cote_divoire.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Enfants nés en dehors du mariage
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 November 2021
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2111_civ_enfants_hors_mariage_153889_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire: From Justice Sacrificed in the Name of “Reconciliation” to Justice Exploited as a Political Instrument
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
September 2022
Author:
Maria Teresa; Tienda Rivera; Molly Cyr
Editor:
Éléonore Morel et al.
URL:
https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/report_co_te_d_ivoire_no796a_pdf_3_def_web_au_8_septembre_2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2023
Title:
Ivory Coast. World Press Freedom Index 2024.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/country/ivory-coast
Accessed Date:
4 February 2025
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : La Cour royale d'Agnibilékrou
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 February 2025
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2502_civ_cour_royale_agnibilekrou_164651_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 February 2026
Title:
Le droit à la santé en Côte d'Ivoire
Date of Document:
5 April 2024
URL:
https://www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-droit/sites/sciencespo.fr.ecole-droit/files/Rapport_sante_SCPO&HumanDignity.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Cote d'Ivoire. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/cote-divoire/
Accessed Date:
3 February 2026
Date of Document:
October 2023
URL:
https://www.statelesshub.org/country/cote-divoire
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Loi de 2024 qui Modifie le Code de la Nationalité
Date of Document:
24 April 2024
URL:
https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/2024/fr/148046
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire's democratic backslide: elections leave even less space for freedom
Date of Document:
25 November 2025
URL:
https://theconversation.com/cote-divoires-democratic-backslide-elections-leave-even-less-space-for-freedom-269469
Accessed Date:
3 February 2026
Title:
Election présidentielle sous tension : le paradoxe ivoirien
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
1 August 2025
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/fr/africa/cote-divoire/318-election-presidentielle-sous-tension-le-paradoxe-ivoirien
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
SIGI Country Profile: Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
Social Institutions and Gender Index
Date of Document:
6 October 2025
URL:
https://webfs.oecd.org/devsigi/SIGI%202023%20Country%20Profiles/Africa/country_profile_CIV_Cote%20dIvoire.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 February 2026
Title:
Recueil de Textes Juridiques Relatifs aux Violences Basées sur le Genre (VBG) en Côte d'Ivoire
URL:
https://efemmes.gouv.ci/uploads/documents/RECUEIL_DE_TEXTES_DE_LOIS_VBG.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 February 2026
Title:
Protection des Victimes de Violences Sexuelles en Côte d'Ivoire : Des Avancées mais Encore de Nombreuses Lacunes
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
November 2023
URL:
https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/cotedivoire818fprint.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Analyse Institutionnelle du Genre. République de Côte d'Ivoire - Profile genre pays - 2024
Source:
African Development Fund
Date of Document:
4 October 2025
Page Numbers:
21–48; 80–82
URL:
https://www.afdb.org/fr/documents/republique-de-cote-divoire-profile-genre-pays-2024
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Les minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 June 2025
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2506_civ_lgbti_165126_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 February 2026
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Cote d'Ivoire.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
10 April 2025
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/7f508289-42cd-41af-96da-1c9ec2a3f897
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire's Containment of Jihadist Threats: A Provisional Success?
Source:
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
URL:
https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/mta-spotlight40-cote-divoires-containment-of-jihadist-threats
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
Title:
Côte d'Ivoire : Les porteurs de masque chez les Dan - Yacouba et les éventuelles disparitions d'enfants
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 April 2025
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2504_civ_yacouba_masques_164959_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 February 2026
Title:
Profilage socio-économique des demandeurs d'asile en Côte d'Ivoire entre mai et octobre 2025.
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
December 2025
URL:
https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/120546
Accessed Date:
6 February 2026
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