{"id":2043,"date":"2017-11-07T14:02:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.endcorporalpunishment.net\/?page_id=2043"},"modified":"2023-07-11T17:42:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:42:32","slug":"cote-divoire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/cote-divoire\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            <div class=\"separator- glacier-section\"  id=\"section-69d79af9689f2\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <section>\n                    \n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/reports-on-every-state-and-territory\/cote-divoire-fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"border-radius: 100px;\" class=\"btn btn-default  \">\n    Lire en fran\u00e7ais<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-9\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"heading-block text-left heading-block-line\">\n\t<h2 class=\"special-heading\" >Country Report for C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/h2>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"text-block shortcode-container\" >\n\t<p>LAST UPDATED: July 2023<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"background: transparent  \">\n\t\n<div class=\"vertical\">    <ul class=\"nav nav-tabs\" role=\"tablist\">\n                    <li class=\"active\"><a href=\"#tabs-69d79af96912e0\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"> Summary<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li ><a href=\"#tabs-69d79af96912e1\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"> Legality <\/a><\/li>\n                    <li ><a href=\"#tabs-69d79af96912e2\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"> UPR<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li ><a href=\"#tabs-69d79af96912e3\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"> Treaty bodies<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li ><a href=\"#tabs-69d79af96912e4\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\"> Research<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n\n    <div class=\"tab-content\">\n                    <div class=\"tab-pane active\" id=\"tabs-69d79af96912e0\">\n                <h3>Summary of necessary legal reform to achieve full prohibition<\/h3><p>Prohibition is still to be achieved in the home, alternative care settings, day care and schools.<\/p><p>There is no confirmation in law of a \u201cright\u201d of parents to administer punishment but legal provisions against violence and abuse are not interpreted as prohibiting all corporal punishment in childrearing. The law needs to be amended to explicitly prohibit all corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment, in the home and all other settings where adults exercise parental authority over children.<\/p><p><em>Alternative care settings<\/em> \u2013 Corporal punishment should be prohibited in all alternative care settings (foster care, institutions, places of safety, emergency care, etc).<\/p><p><em>Day care<\/em> \u2013 Corporal punishment should be prohibited in all early childhood care (nurseries, cr\u00e8ches, kindergartens, preschools, family centres, etc) and all day care for older children (day centres, after-school childcare, childminding, etc).<\/p><p><em>Schools<\/em> \u2013 The Ministerial Orders against corporal punishment in schools should be confirmed in legislation passed by Parliament, which should clearly prohibit all corporal punishment in all education settings, public and private.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"tabs-69d79af96912e1\">\n                <h3>Current legality of corporal punishment<\/h3><h3>Home<\/h3><p>Corporal punishment is lawful in the home. The Minority Act 1970 regulates \u201cpaternal authority\u201d and states that this includes the right and obligation to provide for the child\u2019s maintenance, training, education and monitoring. It does not confirm a \u201cright\u201d of parents to punish or discipline children but neither does it explicitly prohibit the use of corporal punishment. Provisions against violence and abuse in the Constitution 2016 and Act No. 98-757 on violence against women do not include clear prohibition of corporal punishment. Article 421 of the revised Penal Code 2019 (Law no. 2019-574 of 26 June 2019) provides sanctions against \u201canyone who violates or assaults a minor or a person incapable of protecting themselves due to their physical or mental state, or voluntarily deprives them of food or care to the point of compromising their health\u201d. But it does not explicitly prohibit all corporal punishment of children, however light.<\/p><p>Under examination by the Human Rights Committee in 2015, the Government stated that corporal punishment \u201cis prohibited in all places and is monitored particularly in prisons, schools and homes\u201d and is classified as physical assault in the Criminal Code.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> But there is no clear prohibition of corporal punishment in legislation.<\/p><p>A draft Code of Children and Family was mentioned during the examination of Cote d\u2019Ivoire by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> The Government reported in May 2019 that the Minority Act was under review and that the various legislative reviews underway would facilitate the adoption of the Child Code.<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> We do not have further information.<\/p><p>In 2018, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire became a Pathfinder country with the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children. This commits the Government to three to five years of accelerated action towards the achievement of Target 16.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><h3>Alternative care settings<\/h3><p>There is no explicit prohibition of corporal punishment in alternative care settings, where it is lawful as for parents (see under \u201cHome\u201d).<\/p><p>The Ministry for Women, Family and Children has developed national standards for alternative care institutions which put an obligation on these institutions to protect children and their emotional and physical safety and to prevent any abuse or violence. These standards do not include an explicit prohibition of corporal punishment.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h3>Day care<\/h3><p>There is no explicit prohibition of corporal punishment in early childhood care and in day care for older children.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h3>Schools<\/h3><p>In 2009, the Minister of Education signed a Ministerial Order (Arr\u00eat\u00e9 N\u00b0 0075 \/MEN\/DELC du 28 septembre 2009 portant interdiction des punitions physiques et humiliantes \u00e0 l\u2019endroit des enfants en milieu scolaire) stating that corporal punishment should not be used by teachers in public or private schools, but there is no prohibition in legislation which has been passed by Parliament. It is expected that the Ministerial Order will be confirmed in legislation but as yet law reform has not been achieved. In reporting to the Human Rights Committee in 2013, the Government stated its commitment to reforming the law in this respect.<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a><\/p><p>A 2014 Ministerial Order (Arr\u00eat\u00e9 N\u00b0 0111 MENET\/CAB du 24 d\u00e9cembre 2014 portant code de conduite des personnels des structures publiques et priv\u00e9es relevant du Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Education Nationale et de l\u2019Enseignement Technique) prohibits in its article 5.9 \u201cany form of physical, psychological or humiliating punishment against students\u201d (unofficial translation). A contravention to this rule entails disciplinary sanctions.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h3>Penal institutions<\/h3><p>Corporal punishment is unlawful as a disciplinary measure in penal institutions. Children in prison are protected from cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment under Decree No. 69-189 1969 (regulating prison establishments and laying down conditions for the enforcement of prison sentences (D\u00e9cret n\u00b0 69-189 du 14 mai 1969 portant r\u00e9glementation des \u00e9tablissements p\u00e9nitentiaires et fixant les modalit\u00e9s d\u2019ex\u00e9cution des peines privatives de libert\u00e9s) (arts. 33-36), in which there is no provision for corporal punishment. However, there is no explicit prohibition of corporal punishment in Decree No. 82-334 1982 concerning people, works or institutions receiving minors as a result of a judicial decision (D\u00e9cret no 82-334 du 2 avril 1982 relatif au placement et aux mesures d\u2019assistance educative).<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h3>Sentence for crime<\/h3><p>Corporal punishment is unlawful as a sentence for crime. It is not a permitted sanction under the Penal Code 1995. Article 5 of the Constitution 2016 states (unofficial translation): \u201cSlavery, human trafficking, forced labour, physical or moral torture, inhumane, cruel, degrading and humiliating treatment, physical violence, female genital mutilation as well as all other forms of degradation of a human being are prohibited.\u201d<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> 16 February 2015, CCPR\/C\/CIV\/Q\/1\/Add.2, Reply to list of issues, para. 47<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[2]<\/a> [July 2017], Concluding observations on initial report, para. 4<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">[3]<\/a> 15 May 2019, CRC\/C\/CIV\/Q\/2\/Add.1, Reply to list of issues, para. 4<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\">[4]<\/a> 21 May 2013, CCPR\/C\/CIV\/1, Initial state party report, para. 293<\/p>            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"tabs-69d79af96912e2\">\n                <h3>Universal Periodic Review of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s human rights record<\/h3><p>C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire was examined in the first cycle of the Universal Periodic Review in 2009 (session 6). No recommendations were made concerning corporal punishment of children. However, the following recommendations were made and were accepted by the Government:<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cStep up efforts to protect the human rights and improve the lives of children, including orphans and children with disabilities, through, inter alia, reviewing related policies and increasing in the budget allocation for specific programmes for vulnerable groups (Malaysia);<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cContinue to reform its policies and programmes with a view to improving the status of women, girls and children, including those with disabilities, and protecting them against violence and sexual abuse, as well as strengthening measures and mechanisms on administration of justice (Nigeria);<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWithin the context of incorporating the values of the culture of peace in public and private education, include actions to eliminate violence in schools and to address the special needs of children affected by conflict (Ghana);<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cContinue and deepen the positive ongoing actions to protect children, including from trafficking and exploitation of minors (Cuba);<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cPursue actions aimed at strengthening and harmonizing the child protection legal framework, including the establishment of child protection units within the various tribunals of the country (Italy)\u201d<\/p><p>Examination in the second cycle took place in 2014. During the review, the Government was encouraged to keep working against corporal punishment in schools.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> No recommendation specifically on corporal punishment was made but the Government accepted a recommendation to take legal and practical measure to ensure children\u2019s rights in relation to violence against children as well as a number of recommendations to adopt legislation on domestic violence.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a><\/p><p>Third cycle examination took place in 2019 (session 33). No recommendation specifically on corporal punishment was made but the Government supported the following recommendations:<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cContinue efforts to support national policies for the protection of children and adolescents (Libya)\u201d<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cPursue efforts for the protection of children (Tunisia);<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cReinforce the implementation of measures and policies for the protection of children in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols (Angola)\u201d<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> 4 January 2010, A\/HRC\/13\/9, Report of the working group, paras. 99(20), 99(30), 99(51), 99(58) and 99(69)<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> 7 July 2014, A\/HRC\/27\/6, Report of the working group, para. 99<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> 7 July 2014, A\/HRC\/27\/6, Report of the working group, para. 99, paras. 127(36), 127(37), 127(38), 127(39), 127(41), 127(42) and 127(43)<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> 3 July 2019, A\/HRC\/42\/6, Report of the Working Group, paras. 140(199), 140(205) and 140(206)<\/p>            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"tabs-69d79af96912e3\">\n                <h3>Recommendations by human rights treaty bodies<\/h3><h3><em>Committee on the Rights of the Child<\/em><\/h3><p>(12 July 2019, CRC\/C\/CIV\/CO\/2, Concluding observations on second report, para. 28)<\/p><p>\u201cWhile noting the prohibition of corporal punishment as a sanction and disciplinary measure in penal institutions, the Committee, recalling its general comment No. 8 (2006) on the right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment, urges the State party to:<\/p><p>(a) Explicitly and unconditionally prohibit corporal punishment, however light, by law in all settings;<\/p><p>(b) Raise awareness among parents and the general public of the harmful effects of corporal punishment on the well-being and harmonious development of children;<\/p><p>(c) Promote alternative positive, non-violent and participatory forms of child-rearing and discipline.\u201d<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h3><em>African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child<\/em><\/h3><p>([July 2017], Concluding observations on initial report, paras. 22 and 23, in French only)<\/p><p>\u00ab\u00a0Le Comit\u00e9 se f\u00e9licite de la protection constitutionnelle des enfants contre la maltraitance ainsi que du Code p\u00e9nal qui punit diverses formes d\u2019abus et de torture. Le Comit\u00e9 loue \u00e9galement l\u2019adoption de l\u2019ordonnance n\u00b0 0075 de 2009 par le Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00c9ducation interdisant le ch\u00e2timent physique et humiliant des \u00e9l\u00e8ves. En d\u00e9pit de tout cet arsenal, les rapports indiquent l\u2019existence d\u2019un taux \u00e9lev\u00e9 de ch\u00e2timents corporels et de mauvais traitements psychologiques \u00e0 la maison et dans les milieux scolaires. Il ressort que les abus physiques et sexuels pr\u00e9valent surtout dans la partie nord-ouest du pays. En outre, le Comit\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 inform\u00e9 que le viol n\u2019est pas consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme un crime distinct dans le Code p\u00e9nal.<\/p><p>\u00ab\u00a0Le Comit\u00e9 recommande par cons\u00e9quent au gouvernement de mener des campagnes de sensibilisation contre les s\u00e9vices et la violence envers les enfants, notamment la violence sexuelle; de former ses forces de police, ses juges et procureurs sur la gestion des cas d\u2019abus d\u2019enfants; de sensibiliser la communaut\u00e9 sur l\u2019importance du fait de signaler les cas d\u2019abus au syst\u00e8me juridique formel; de former les chefs traditionnels et religieux sur la gestion de cas et les renvois \u00e0 la police; et d\u2019apporter un soutien psychosocial aux victimes d\u2019abus sexuels et d\u2019abus de toutes sortes, de former les enseignants sur les cons\u00e9quences de tels actes. Le Comit\u00e9 exhorte l\u2019\u00c9tat partie \u00e0 mettre en \u0153uvre l\u2019Arr\u00eat\u00e9 qui interdit les ch\u00e2timents corporels dans les \u00e9coles et interdit [sic] l\u00e9galement les ch\u00e2timents corporels \u00e0 la maison.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"tab-pane \" id=\"tabs-69d79af96912e4\">\n                <h3>Prevalence\/attitudinal research in the last ten years<\/h3><p>None identified.<\/p>            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n                <\/section>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lire en fran\u00e7ais Country Report for C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire LAST UPDATED: July 2023 Summary Legality UPR Treaty bodies Research Summary of necessary legal reform to achieve full prohibitionProhibition is still to be achieved in the home, alternative care settings, day care and schools.There is no confirmation in law of a \u201cright\u201d of parents to administer punishment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2043","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2043"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24533,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2043\/revisions\/24533"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/endcorporalpunishment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}