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Côte d'Ivoire

Regional group:

African Group (AG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Council Bureau membership:	–
Coordinator of regional group:	–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2022) :

Other HRC positions:	–
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	A and B

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Youth and human rights; Protection of the family; Human rights and the environment; Human rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2013, Cote d’Ivoire has either voted in favour of, or has joined consensus on, most resolutions tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention), as well as all country-specific resolutions under item 2 (e.g., the situation in Sri Lanka). Notwithstanding, Cote d’Ivoire has abstained during item 4 votes on the situations in Burundi, Belarus and the Islamic Republic of Iran and, under item 2, on the text on Venezuela. For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories -OPT), Cote d’Ivoire has usually voted in favour (except for two abstentions in 2013 and 2016). Cote d’Ivoire voted in favour of all item 10 (technical assistance and capacity building) resolutions, except a 2017 text on cooperation with Georgia. For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Cote d’Ivoire has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, it has tended to vote in favour. However, Cote d’Ivoire voted against the 2014 and 2016 resolutions on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) and abstained on the resolutions on drones, integrity of the judicial system and countering the world drug problem. For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Cote d’Ivoire has either joined consensus on, or has voted in favour of, all adopted texts.

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HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

324

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 98

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 46

106

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 61

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Empty chair alert

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in less than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
SR on torture, 2013

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

ICESRC
27.59 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2009, 2014, 2019)

Mid-term report

Level of delegation

Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 17 / 192

2^nd cycle: 63 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2022)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 15

Cote d’Ivoire circulated a note verbale informing UN member states of its candidature for membership of the Council for the period 2016-2018 in June 2015.

In the document, Cote d’Ivoire made a number of commitments.

At the national level, Cote d’Ivoire committed to ‘promoting the establishment of an agency to monitor and protect human rights’; ‘strengthening human rights teaching modules in the education system;’ organising human rights training seminars for the judiciary, security forces, local officials and parliamentarians; and bringing the national human rights commission ‘into line with the Paris Principles.’

At the international level, it promised to improve reporting to the Treaty Bodies; begin consultations with parliament on the future ratification of CED, CMW, CRPD, OP-ICESCR and OP-CAT; accept the communications procedures under the ICERD and CAT; and harmonise national legislation with the provisions of the international instruments, including by adopting new laws and regulations.

An analysis of steps taken by Cote d’Ivoire in fulfilment of its international level pledges shows that it did indeed move to ratify the CRPD. However, it has not yet ratified the other conventions or accepted the communications procedures listed in its 2015 voluntary pledges and commitments. Regarding treaty reporting, five of its periodic reports are overdue (including the ICESCR report by more than 20 years). Cote d’Ivoire’s NHRI has been accredited with ‘B’ Status by the GANHRI.

Côte d'Ivoire

African Group (AG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 17 / 192

2nd cycle: 63 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 15

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 17 / 192

2^nd cycle: 63 / 192