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of Persons with Disabilities. It valued the quarterly money transfers made to 35,000
vulnerable families through the Productive Social Security Networks. It acknowledged the
efforts to fulfil the accepted recommendations.
520. Algeria congratulated the commitment of Côte d’Ivoire to promote human rights,
reflected with the adoption of new laws, and welcomed the positive reception of
recommendations and observations. It referred to two of its recommendations on access to
inclusive, equal and free quality education.
521. Botswana commended Côte d’Ivoire for its continued cooperation with human rights
mechanisms, in particular with the Independent Expert. It welcomed the new comprehensive
Constitution. It commended the country for having accepted the majority of
recommendations.
3.
General comments made by other stakeholders
522. During the adoption of the outcome of the review of Côte d’Ivoire, eight other
stakeholders made statements.
523. The International Catholic Child Bureau, in a joint statement co-sponsored by
Dominicans for Justice and Peace: Order of Preachers, called on Côte d’Ivoire to ensure
adequate health care and food for children and pregnant women in detention and respect the
time limit of pre-trial detention by increasing resources dedicated to preliminary
investigations. It also called on Côte d’Ivoire to disseminate the recommendations to the State
services with the protection of the rights of the child in their attribution, as well as to civil
society. It also recommended the State to develop a specific plan for implementation of the
recommendations.
524. The International Service for Human Rights referred to the adoption in 2017 of a
decree providing the establishment of a mechanism to ensure the implementation of the 2014
law on the protection of human rights defenders and called on the State to guarantee the
independence of this mechanism, taking into account article 9 of the law on the protection of
women defenders. It expressed concern over a number of different articles of the Criminal
Code, which stipulate sanctions against people who participate in undeclared or banned
protests that contradict article 3 of the law on the protection of human rights defenders, which
guarantees the right to peaceful assembly. It recommended the abrogation of these provisions.
With regard to the Independent Electoral Commission, it noted that the Government work
with the opposition and civil society and encouraged them to continue a political dialogue in
order to put in place an independent consensus-based electoral body. It recommended the
adoption of a law guaranteeing better representation of women in decision-making bodies.
525. CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation noted that the right to freedom of
peaceful assembly has at times been denied, particularly to the political oppositions, and
remained concerned about the high fee for citizens to obtain a National ID Card, which is
required for enrolment on the electoral list. CIVICUS called on the Government to conduct
independent investigations for all the violations committed against journalists, human rights
defenders, trade unionists and wider civil society, including break-ins into the offices of
human rights organisations, and to bring perpetrators to justice.
526. International-Lawyers.org regretted to note that the engagement of children in Côte
d’Ivoire in the worst forms of child labour persists in the harvesting of cocoa and coffee,
sometimes as a result of human trafficking. It noted that progress is hindered by failure to
constantly convene the anti-trafficking committee, and this is exacerbated by a lack of clear
understanding of the appropriate role of the implementing agencies. It encouraged Côte
d’Ivoire to continue in its efforts to combat child trafficking and child labour by regularly
assembling the committee, clarifying roles and providing increased training for law
enforcement and judicial officials.
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