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Table of Contents
- Initial report submitted by Côte d’Ivoire under article 19 of the Convention pursuant to the simplified reporting procedure, due in 1997* 1
- I. Introduction 2
- II. Replies to the list of issues 2
- Specific information on the implementation of articles 1–16 of the Convention, including with regard to the Committee’s previous recommendations 2
- Articles 1 and 4 2
- Measures taken to explicitly criminalize attempts to commit torture and acts constituting complicity or participation in torture and to define them as acts of torture 3
- Information on criminal or legislative provisions covering all cases of torture and the associated penalties 4
- Extent to which the Convention can be directly invoked by domestic courts 4
- Specific examples of and statistical data on cases in which the provisions of the Convention have been invoked before the courts 4
- Article 2 4
- Reply to the questions raised in paragraph 2 of the list of issues 4
- Enjoyment by detainees, in law and in practice, of all legal safeguards from the very outset of deprivation of liberty 4
- Compliance with legal time limits for police custody 5
- Measures to keep detention registers up to date 6
- Legal aid available to the most disadvantaged people 6
- Reply to the question raised in paragraph 3 of the list of issues 6
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 4 of the list of issues 6
- Judicial reform undertaken in 2012 8
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 5 of the list of issues 8
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 6 of the list of issues 9
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 7 of the list of issues 9
- Establishment of a national commission to combat gender-based violence 10
- Number of complaints of gender-based violence and investigations, prosecutions, convictions and sentences 11
- Outcome of investigations into cases of sexual violence and rape allegedly committed during the 2010–2011 post-electoral crisis 11
- Reply to paragraph 8 of the list of issues 12
- Assistance and compensation for victims 13
- Measures adopted by the State to step up efforts to prevent harmful traditional practices 13
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 9 (a) of the list of issues 14
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 9 (b) of the list of issues 15
- Psychosocial care for victims of conflict 15
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 9 (c) of the list of issues 15
- Article 3 16
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 10 of the list of issues 16
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 11 of the list of issues 17
- Number of asylum applications received during the period under review and the number of successful applications 17
- Number of persons returned, extradited or expelled during the period under review 17
- Extradition requests from France 17
- Extradition requests from other countries 18
- Existing types of appeal mechanisms 19
- Grounds for returns 19
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 12 of the list of issues 19
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 13 of the list of issues 19
- Articles 5–9 20
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 14 of the list of issues 20
- When the offences are committed in any territory under its jurisdiction or on board a ship or aircraft registered in that State 20
- When the alleged offender is a national of that State 20
- When the victim is a national of that State if that State considers it appropriate 21
- Application of universal jurisdiction over acts of torture 21
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 15 of the list of issues 21
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 16 of the list of issues 21
- Article 10 22
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 17 of the list of issues 22
- Law enforcement officials 23
- On members of the armed forces 23
- Methodology to assess the effectiveness of training and educational programmes aimed at reducing the number of cases of torture and ill-treatment 23
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 18 of the list of issues 23
- Training on the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Istanbul Protocol) 24
- Article 11 24
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 19 of the list of issues 24
- The preliminary inquiry 24
- Pretrial phase: judicial supervision and pretrial detention 25
- Frequency with which rules, instructions and methods are reviewed 25
- Respective roles played by the police, the gendarmerie and the Forces républicaines de Côte d’Ivoire in the deprivation of liberty. 25
- The army 25
- The gendarmerie 26
- The police 26
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 20 of the list of issues 26
- Regular and unannounced visits to places of detention by representatives of national and international NGOs and by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 27
- Possibilities for visiting the National Surveillance Directorate headquarters 27
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 21 of the list of issues 27
- Captain Anselme Séka-Séka 27
- Captain Jean Noël Abéhi 27
- Mr. Amadé Ourémi 27
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 22 of the list of issues 28
- Community service (Criminal Code, art. 36 and arts. 55–58) 28
- Plea bargaining (Code of Criminal Procedure, arts. 521 ff.) 28
- Court supervision (Code of Criminal Procedure, arts. 154 ff.) 28
- Settlement (Code of Criminal Procedure, art. 13) 28
- Enforcement of some custodial sentences in separate instalments of prison sentences and suspended sentences (Criminal Code, arts. 130 and 131) 28
- Collective pardons (Criminal Code, art. 132) 29
- Information on prisoners awaiting trial, prisoners serving their sentences and the occupancy rate of detention facilities 29
- Prison population as at 31 December 2019 29
- Prison population density by detention centre in 2019 29
- Measures taken to put an end to prolonged pretrial detention 30
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 23 of the list of issues 31
- Policy regarding the use of solitary confinement and the application of means of restraint to prisoners 31
- Detainees transferred to health centres and psychiatric hospitals 32
- Measures taken to address concerns about the poor quality of food and unsanitary conditions in places of detention 32
- Measures taken to ensure the availability of medical services in health facilities 32
- Measures taken to ensure that men are separated from women, untried prisoners from convicted prisoners and adults from minors 32
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 24 of the list of issues 33
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 25 of the list of issues 33
- Results of investigations into these deaths 33
- Articles 12 and 13 33
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 26 of the list of issues 33
- Investigations, disciplinary and criminal proceedings, convictions and the criminal or disciplinary sanctions applied, with examples of relevant cases and/or judicial decisions 33
- Measures taken to protect victims, witnesses and judicial officials from reprisals 34
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 27 of the list of issues 34
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 28 of the list of issues 34
- Clarification of the status of dozos 35
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 29 of the list of issues 35
- Measures taken to investigate the mass graves in Yopougon and Nahibly 35
- The mass grave in Yopougon 35
- The mass grave in Nahibly 36
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 30 of the list of issues 36
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 31 of the list of issues 36
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 32 of the list of issues 36
- Allegations of acts of extortion and physical violence against inhabitants of protected forests 36
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 33 of the list of issues 37
- The allegations that the Unit is not independent 37
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 34 of the list of issues 37
- Measures taken to establish an effective complaints mechanism for persons deprived of their liberty 37
- Article 14 38
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 35 of the list of issues 38
- Ongoing reparation programmes 38
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 36 of the list of issues 38
- The scope of the mandate of the National Commission for Reconciliation and Compensation of Victims and the National Programme for Social Cohesion 38
- The publication of the final report of the Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation Commission 39
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 37 of the list of issues 39
- Article 15 40
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 38 of the list of issues 40
- Examples of cases that have been dismissed by the courts owing to the introduction of evidence or testimony obtained through torture 40
- Article 16 40
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 39 of the list of issues 40
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 40 of the list of issues 40
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 41 of the list of issues 41
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 42 of the list of issues 41
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 43 of the list of issues 42
- Strengthening the legal and regulatory framework 42
- Raising public awareness 43
- Launch of a website dedicated to combating child labour in Côte d’Ivoire 43
- Capacity-building for child protection professionals in combating the worst forms of child labour 43
- Strengthening bilateral cooperation in combating cross-border child trafficking 44
- Protection of children 44
- Suppressing the problem 45
- Other issues 45
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 44 of the list of issues 45
- Compatibility of the measures taken with the State’s obligations under international law 46
- Training given to law enforcement officers and the number and types of convictions handed down under counter-terrorism legislation and the remedies available to persons subjected to antiterrorist measures 46
- Complaints of non-observance of international standards 47
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 45 of the list of issues 47
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 46 of the list of issues 47
- General information regarding other measures and developments relating to the implementation of the Convention in the State party 47
- Replies to the questions raised in paragraph 47 of the list of issues 47