Côte d’Ivoire
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic; multi-party presidential regime established in 1960
- CONSTITUTION
- approved by referendum on July 23, 2000
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the French system and customary law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Muslims 35-40%, indigenous beliefs 25-40%, Christians 20-30%
From the country
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
The Abidjan Panafrican News Agency reported that Ivorian...
The Abidjan Panafrican News Agency reported that Ivorian gendarmes and policemen carried out numerous summary executions against those they captured during a mutiny outbreak of about 750 soldiers
- JANUARY 1, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Between July 23 and 24, 2000, 86
Between July 23 and 24, 2000, 86
- JULY 20, 2001Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
A U.N. panel investigating political violence in the...
A U.N. panel investigating political violence in the Ivory Coast said that government security forces bore responsibility for hundreds of killings and beatings that took place in the West African nation in October and December 2000
- MAY 30, 2001Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused the security forces in...
Amnesty International accused the security forces in the Ivory Coast of committing some of the worst human rights abuses seen in the West African state for three decades
- MARCH 2, 2001Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
The US ambassador to Ivory Coast, Georges Mu, said...
The US ambassador to Ivory Coast, Georges Mu, said that the human rights situation markedly improved in 2000 in Cote d'Ivoire
- JANUARY 1, 2001Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Between July 23 and 24, 2000, 86
Between July 23 and 24, 2000, 86
- DECEMBER 22, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch, has implicated the government of...
Human Rights Watch, has implicated the government of Cote d'Ivoire in the violence that claimed hundreds of lives during the 22 October presidential elections
- OCTOBER 28, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
A mass grave was discovered at an industrial zone of...
A mass grave was discovered at an industrial zone of Yopougon containing the bodies of 55 men, which all appeared to have been shot at close range
- OCTOBER 22, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Laurent Gbagbo became the new President through a series...
Laurent Gbagbo became the new President through a series of remarkable events
- OCTOBER 3, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
6 soldiers arrested in connection with an armed attack...
6 soldiers arrested in connection with an armed attack on the army ruler General Robert Guei's house on September 18 have disappeared
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that groups of Ivory Coast...
Amnesty International said that groups of Ivory Coast soldiers had been summarily killing unarmed suspected criminals and mistreating lawyers and journalists since the military coup on Christmas Eve, 1999
- AUGUST 1, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
With the promulgation of the new constitution, the...
With the promulgation of the new constitution, the Ivory Coast formally abolished the death penalty