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31 July 2026
SENEGAL
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
November 2020
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Senegal. BTI 2026 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2026
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Senegal. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
23 September 2025
Accessed Date:
28 July 2026
Title:
Senegal. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
8 December 2025
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
22 July 2025
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Le régime sénégalais de sécurité sociale. Systèmes nationaux de sécurité sociale.
Source:
France. Centre des liaisons européennes et internationales de sécurité sociale.
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
DFAT Thematic Report: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
3 December 2020
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Senegal. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Senegal. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2026.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2026
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Senegal. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
10 June 2025
Title:
National report submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21: Senegal
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/1
Date of Document:
27 October 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
8 November 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Senegal
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/45/SEN/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
13 November 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Denying Justice: Senegal's Amnesty Law
Source:
Stanford Law School. Rule of Law Impact Lab.; Afrikajom Center
Date of Document:
January 2025
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Senegal. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Information received from Senegal on follow-up to the concluding observations on its fifth periodic report
Date of Document:
14 February 2022
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal: Pre-Election Crackdown
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 January 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Adoption of amnesty law would be an affront to victims of deadly protests and reinforce impunity
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
4 March 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal: Human Rights between Regression and Repression. Amnesty International: Submission to the 45th Session of the UPR Working Group, January-February 2024.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
July 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Sénégal : Le recours aux « nervis du pouvoir » pour réprimer les mouvements de contestation populaire de mars 2021 et juin 2023
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 June 2025
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Senegal. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
10 April 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
19 May 2024
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Senegal. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Loi no 61-70 du 7 mars 1961, Code de la nationalité sénégalaise (modifiée en 1992)
Accessed Date:
26 June 2023
Source:
Senegal. Ministère de la Justice.
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Loi n° 2016-09 du 14 mars 2016 instituant une carte d'identité biométrique CEDEAO
Accessed Date:
26 June 2023
Title:
Loi no 2013-05 portant modification de la loi no 61-10 du 07 mars 1961 déterminant la nationalité, modifiée
Accessed Date:
23 September 2014
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:
Senegal. Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Profiles.
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
24 June 2025
Title:
Rapport sur le droit de la nationalité: Sénégal
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Sénégal 2024 Rapport final : Élection présidentielle 24 mars 2024
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Republic of Senegal. Election for President of 24 March 2024
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Senegal: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Sénégal : Ciblage présumé de membres de l'APR par les autorités
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 December 2025
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Senegal: From Constitutional Crisis to Democratic Restoration
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
1 April 2024
Author:
Gilles Yabi; Saskia Holman
Accessed Date:
10 June 2025
Title:
Political situation since the March 2024 presidential election, including that of the ruling party, the African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics, and Fraternity(Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour le travail, l'éthique et la fraternité, PASTEF)...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 July 2026
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Data Update: FGM/C in Senegal
Date of Document:
March 2025
Author:
Shannon Thomson; Melanie Rattue
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
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
Title:
“It's Not Normal”: Sexual Exploitation, Harassment and Abuse in Secondary Schools in Senegal
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 October 2018
Editor:
Juliane Kippenberg
Accessed Date:
23 November 2018
Title:
II. Situation des violences basées sur le genre (VBG) en Afrique de l'Ouest. H. cas du Sénégal. Vers la Justice et la Guérison : Focus sur les 15 pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest.
Source:
Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Développement
Date of Document:
June 2024
Author:
Boris Jéovani Kotounou et al.
Accessed Date:
10 June 2025
Title:
Combined sixth and seventh periodic reports submitted by Senegal under article 44 of the Convention, due in 2021
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
8 December 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Senegal: The Law and FGM
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
“There is Enormous Suffering': Serious Abuses Against Talibé Children in Senegal, 2017-2018
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 June 2019
Accessed Date:
21 November 2019
Title:
Mariage d'enfants, précoce et forcé : Une analyse d'économie politique du Sénégal
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Senegal. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2023.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
6 October 2025
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Sénégal : Les mutilations sexuelles féminines (MSF)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 May 2019
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
Title:
Replies of Senegal to the list of issues and questions in relation to its eighth periodic report
Date of Document:
2 February 2022
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Children's Right to Identity in Senegal. 95 Pre-Sessional Working Group (01 May 2023 - 05 May 2023) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child/State Periodic Report n. CRC/C/SEN/6-7
Source:
Child Identity Protection
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, Review of Senegal, 95th Pre-Session
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Code de la famille sénégalais
Accessed Date:
16 June 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
1 March 2022
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Sénégal : Pratique des mutilations sexuelles féminines (MSF) et du mariage précoce et forcé chez les Toucouleurs
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 October 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal: The State must move from commitment to strong action to protect talibé children
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
12 December 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
29 February 2024
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Les déterminants de la violence contre les femmes et les filles dans le département de Bignona/Sénégal : entre les convictions religieuses et le processus de désinformation
Source:
Organisation internationale de la francophonie
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Self-report and proxy reports in survey data on female genital mutilation, Senegal. Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Source:
United Nations. World Health Organization.
Author:
Kathrin Weny et al.
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Senegal. 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:
26 June 2024
Title:
Situation and treatment by authorities and by society of individuals with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC); state protection; access to support services (2024–May 2026)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 June 2026
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Sénégal : situation de la communauté LGBTQI+
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
11 December 2024
Accessed Date:
10 June 2025
Title:
La diversité sexuelle de genre au Sénégal : Dakar et Thiès
Source:
ALDARTE Centro atención LGTBI+
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Cristina Rueda et al.
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Senegal: Mobilising for gay rights in the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Queer lawfare in Africa: Legal strategies in contexts of LGBTIQ+ criminalisation and politicisation.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Faculty of Law.
Editor:
Adrian Jjuuko et al.
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
26 June 2026
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Senegal: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2025.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 September 2025
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Senegal.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
23 July 2024
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
Title:
Senegal. Global Organized Crime Index 2025.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
As Casamance rebels are weakened, is the Niokolo Koba National Park a potential fallback zone?
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
October 2022
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Sénégal : Le Mouvement des forces démocratiques de Casamance (MFDC) depuis 2019
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
12 June 2025
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Is the Curtain Dropping on Africa's Oldest Conflict? Senegal's Offensive in the Casamance
Source:
Aberfoyle International Security
Date of Document:
21 February 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal. Country Reports on Terrorism 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 May 2026
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
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
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
Title:
Senegal: Overview of corruption and anti-corruption
Source:
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre. Chr. Michelsen Institute.; Transparency International
Date of Document:
8 April 2024
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Fifth periodic report submitted by Senegal under article 19 of the Convention pursuant to the simplified reporting procedure, due in 2022
Date of Document:
16 December 2022
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Rapport alternatif de l'ACAT Sénégal, de la FIACAT et de la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort à l'occasion de l'examen du 12ème et 15ème rapports périodiques cumulés du Sénégal sur la mise en œuvre de la Charte africaine des droits de l'Homme et des peuples (2015-2022)
Source:
Fédération internationale des ACAT (Action des chrétiens pour l'abolition de la torture) et al.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Sénégal : les craintes d'un recul net dans la mise en œuvre de la Convention contre la torture. Contribution des organisations de la société civile à l'adoption de la Liste des Points à Traiter avant Rapport (LOIPR) établie avant la soumission d...
Source:
World Organisation Against Torture; Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal: Freedom of expression under threat by emergency Penal Code amendments
Date of Document:
11 August 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Loi n° 2020-05 du 10 janvier 2020 modifiant la loi 65-60 du 21 juillet 1965 portant Code pénal
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Visit to Senegal undertaken from 5 to 16 May 2019: recommendations and observations addressed to the State Party. Report of the Subcommittee.
Source:
United Nations. Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
2 April 2025
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, on her visit to Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
2 January 2026
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Senegal. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Johannesburg. Faculty of Law.
Accessed Date:
24 June 2025
Title:
Senegal: Authorities must deliver justice to victims of violent repression of protests since 2021
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 March 2025
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
Title:
Senegal. Report on digital freedoms in French-speaking Africain countries.
Source:
Agence française de développement
Date of Document:
May 2023
Author:
Olivier Alais et al.
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. Londa Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report 2025.
Source:
Paradigm Initiative
Date of Document:
April 2026
Editor:
‘Gbenga Sesan et al.
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Le journalisme Sénégalais à la croisée des chemins
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
6 June 2024
Author:
Sadibou Marong; Camille Montagu
Editor:
Anne-Laure Chanteloup et al.
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
Title:
Spotlight: Press Freedom in Senegal: Overview of growing attacks and restrictions on journalists
Source:
International Press Institute
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
Title:
Senegal. World Press Freedom Index 2026.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Senegal: How laws addressing ‘fake news' and disinformation threaten freedom of expression
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Overcoming Digital Repression in Senegal: A Case Study of the 2024 Presidential Elections
Date of Document:
3 May 2024
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
Title:
Senegal. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
27 June 2024
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
Title:
Les organisations de masse de prédicateurs soufis néo-fondamentalistes du Sénégal. Afrique occidentale subsaharienne : Les doctrines et les pratiques rituelles de l'islam sunnite.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 January 2025
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined nineteenth to twenty-third periodic reports of Senegal
Code:
CERD/C/SEN/CO/19-23
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
22 September 2023
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Sénégal : Caste et servitude par ascendance
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 March 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2023
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Joint Submission to the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers 38th Session, June 2024 – State Report: Issues Related to Immigration Detention
Source:
Global Detention Project
Date of Document:
June 2024
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
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 June 2025:
Title:
Senegal. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Date of Document:
March 2024
URL:
https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report/SEN
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 June 2025
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/senegal/
Accessed Date:
24 June 2025
Title:
Senegal. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
9 June 2025
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/senegal
Accessed Date:
24 June 2025
Title:
Présentation du Sénégal
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
3 March 2025
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/senegal/presentation-du-senegal/
Accessed Date:
10 June 2025
Title:
Le régime sénégalais de sécurité sociale
Source:
Centre des Liaisons Européennes et Internationales de Sécurité Sociale
URL:
https://www.cleiss.fr/docs/regimes/regime_senegal.html
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/POL1085152025ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 June 2025
Title:
Senegal. 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/Senegal.html
Accessed Date:
24 June 2025
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Senegal: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/parliament/SN/SN-LC01/
Accessed Date:
10 June 2025
Title:
The situation of sexual minorities, including legislation, treatment by society and authorities, state protection and support services (2014-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 October 2018
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457659
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
16 December 2024
URL:
https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/senegal/
Accessed Date:
24 June 2025
Title:
Senegal: 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/senegal/
Accessed Date:
27 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/2023/country/senegal
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2023/senegal/
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
Title:
Senegal. Londa 2024 Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report.
Source:
Paradigm Initiative
Date of Document:
April 2025
Editor:
‘Gbenga Sesan et al.
URL:
https://paradigmhq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Londa-2024-2.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
Title:
Senegal. World Press Freedom Index 2025.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/country/senegal
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
Title:
Sénégal - Gambie - Cap-Vert. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
URL:
http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/data/cartes/1306133-S%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal_-_Gambie_-_Cap-Vert.HD.jpg
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Senegal: Respect Free Expression, Assembly
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 March 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/12/senegal-respect-free-expression-assembly
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
République du Sénégal : Soumission conjointe pour l'Examen périodique universel des Nations Unies, 45e Séance du groupe de travail EPU
Date of Document:
18 July 2023
URL:
https://www.civicus.org/documents/upr-submissions/UPR45-Joint-Submission-Senegal-FR.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Preliminary observations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, at the conclusion of her visit to Senegal (3-14 February 2025)
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
14 February 2025
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/torture/sr/20250213-eom-senegal-sr-torture-en.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 June 2025
Title:
Loi constitutionnelle n° 2016-10 du 05 avril 2016 portant révision de la Constitution
URL:
https://www.refworld.org/docid/49f5d1f22.html
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
Title:
Les démarches administratives pour l'obtention de pièces d'état civil : Guide de l'usager
Source:
Ministère de l'intégration africaine du NEPAD et de la promotion de la bonne gouvernance
URL:
https://www.plateforme-ane.sn/IMG/pdf/guide_de_l_usager_v21_9_2014.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 June 2021
Title:
Déclaration préliminaire. République du Sénégal : Élection présidentielle 2024.
Source:
European Union. Election Observation Mission.
Date of Document:
26 March 2024
URL:
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/2024/DP_MOE%20UE%20Se%CC%81ne%CC%81gal_26%2003%202024.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
At Least Three Killed in Protests, Other Civic Space Violations as President Macky Sall Delays Presidential Elections
Date of Document:
26 February 2024
URL:
https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/at-least-three-killed-in-protests-other-civic-space-violations-as-president-macky-sall-delays-presidential-elections/
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
La contestation sénégalaise de mars 2021 : une crise politique ? Entretien avec Étienne Smith.
Source:
Sciences Politiques Bordeaux. Les Afriques dans le Monde. Esquisses.
Date of Document:
8 April 2021
URL:
https://elam.hypotheses.org/3374
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Female Genital Mutilation in Senegal: Insights from a statistical analysis
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
February 2022
URL:
https://data.unicef.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/FGM-Senegal_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Gender parity in Senegal – A continuing struggle. CMI Insight Number 2.
Source:
Chr. Michelsen Institute
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Marianne Tøraasen
URL:
https://www.cmi.no/publications/file/6230-gender-parity-in-senegal-a-continuing-struggle.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 November 2017
Title:
Senegal risk report
Source:
GAN Integrity. Risk and Compliance Portal.
Date of Document:
5 November 2020
URL:
https://ganintegrity.com/country-profiles/senegal/
Accessed Date:
8 June 2023
Title:
Senegal: One year on from the deaths of 14 demonstrators, the families demand justice
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 March 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/03/senegal-one-year-after-march-2021-families-demand-justice/
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
State of Internet Freedom in Senegal 2019: Mapping Trends in Government Internet Controls, 1999-2019
Source:
Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
Date of Document:
January 2020
Editor:
Ashnah Kalemera et al.
URL:
https://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=410
Accessed Date:
8 May 2020
Title:
RSF asks Senegal to amend its new press law
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
8 January 2021
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-asks-senegal-amend-its-new-press-law
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Senegal: Rise in censorship and crackdown on expression
Date of Document:
22 September 2022
URL:
https://www.article19.org/resources/senegal-rise-in-censorship-free-speech/
Accessed Date:
8 June 2023
Title:
West & Central Africa: Forcibly Displaced and Stateless Persons Residence
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
31 January 2024
URL:
https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/106770
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
10 April 2024
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10164
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
Senegal. 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/senegal/
Accessed Date:
19 May 2024
Title:
Senegal. Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Profiles.
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
December 2017
URL:
https://data.unicef.org/crvs/senegal/
Accessed Date:
24 June 2025
Title:
Senegal: From Constitutional Crisis to Democratic Restoration
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
1 April 2024
Author:
Gilles Yabi; Saskia Holman
URL:
https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/04/senegal-from-constitutional-crisis-to-democratic-restoration?lang=en
Accessed Date:
10 June 2025
Title:
Senegal: Authorities must deliver justice to victims of violent repression of protests since 2021
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 March 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/senegal-authorities-must-deliver-justice-to-victims-of-violent-repression-of-protests-since-2021/
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
Title:
Le journalisme Sénégalais à la croisée des chemins
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
6 June 2024
Author:
Sadibou Marong; Camille Montagu
Editor:
Anne-Laure Chanteloup et al.
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2112906/Rapport+Senegal+v5+%282%29_1.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
Title:
Spotlight: Press Freedom in Senegal: Overview of growing attacks and restrictions on journalists
Source:
International Press Institute
URL:
https://ipi.media/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Overview-Press-Freedom-Senegal-2024.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 June 2025
Title:
Senegal: How laws addressing ‘fake news' and disinformation threaten freedom of expression
URL:
https://www.article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ARTICLE-19-Senegal-Analysis-of-false-news-legislation-16-Jan.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 June 2024
Title:
DFAT Thematic Report: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
3 December 2020
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2043029/dfat-thematic-report-ecowas-3-december-2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Senegal. 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/senegal/
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Denying Justice: Senegal's Amnesty Law
Source:
Stanford Law School. Rule of Law Impact Lab.; Afrikajom Center
Date of Document:
January 2025
URL:
https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Senegal-Report_EN_1.14.25.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Sénégal : Le recours aux « nervis du pouvoir » pour réprimer les mouvements de contestation populaire de mars 2021 et juin 2023
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 June 2025
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2506_sen_les_nervis_du_pouvoir_165675_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Source:
Senegal. Ministère de la Justice.
URL:
https://justice.sec.gouv.sn/services-aux-usagers/nationalite/
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Sénégal 2024 Rapport final : Élection présidentielle 24 mars 2024
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
URL:
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/2024/Rapport%20final_MOE%20UE%20Senegal_240524.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Sénégal : Ciblage présumé de membres de l'APR par les autorités
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 December 2025
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2512_sen_ciblage_presume_apr_167089_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Political situation since the March 2024 presidential election, including that of the ruling party, the African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics, and Fraternity(Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour le travail, l'éthique et la fraternité, PASTEF)...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 July 2026
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=459151
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Data Update: FGM/C in Senegal
Date of Document:
March 2025
Author:
Shannon Thomson; Melanie Rattue
URL:
https://www.fgmcri.org/media/uploads/Country%20Research%20and%20Resources/Senegal/orchid_project_-_senegal_data_update_report_-_v1.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Senegal. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2023.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
6 October 2025
URL:
https://webfs.oecd.org/devsigi/SIGI%202023%20Country%20Profiles/Africa/country_profile_SEN_Senegal.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Self-report and proxy reports in survey data on female genital mutilation, Senegal. Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Source:
United Nations. World Health Organization.
Author:
Kathrin Weny et al.
URL:
https://iris.who.int/server/api/core/bitstreams/e4b67ac2-af05-4a0d-b2f1-f9430b45cc42/content
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Sénégal : Le Mouvement des forces démocratiques de Casamance (MFDC) depuis 2019
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
12 June 2025
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2506_sen_mfdc_165674_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Visit to Senegal undertaken from 5 to 16 May 2019: recommendations and observations addressed to the State Party. Report of the Subcommittee.
Source:
United Nations. Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
2 April 2025
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/CAT/OP/SEN/ROSP/1
Accessed Date:
2 July 2026
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, on her visit to Senegal
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
2 January 2026
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/61/42/Add.1
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
Title:
Les organisations de masse de prédicateurs soufis néo-fondamentalistes du Sénégal. Afrique occidentale subsaharienne : Les doctrines et les pratiques rituelles de l'islam sunnite.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 January 2025
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2501_afr_islam_subsaharien_ouest_africain_164773_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 July 2026
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