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Summary: Ten years ago chocolate companies signed an international protocol to stop the practice of dangerous child labour. They promised to "commit significant resources" and act "as a matter of urgency." In 2010, the chocolate industry signed...
Summary: La rentrée scolaire a eu lieu fin octobre en Côte d’Ivoire, mais la reprise se fait lentement en raison des difficultés rencontrées par de nombreux élèves pour retourner à l’école après les violences postélectorales qui ont perturbé les...
Summary: The deadline for the nomination of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d'Ivoire has been extended.
Nomination DeadlineThe deadline for submission of nominations for special procedures mandate holders to be...
Summary: The UN have called for applications for Special Procedure mandate-holder vacancies. The positions are due to be filled during the 18th session of the Human Rights Council. Special Procedure VacanciesSeven vacancies will be filled during the...
Summary: Thousands of persons were killed, disappeared, arbitrarily arrested and victims of rape following the presidential run-off held last November, when former president Laurent Gbagbo refused to step down after he lost the United Nations-...
Summary: Dans certains quartiers d’Abidjan, la principale ville de la Côte d’Ivoire, les édifices et les visages conservent des traces de la guerre. Les habitants se demandent quand leurs enfants pourront de nouveau manger à leur faim.(Le 16 juin...
Summary: In the Ivorian post-election conflict, forty percent of the families have gone from eating three meals a day to one, employment is scarce, and several sectors including security, water/sanitation, health and shelter in Abidjan and other...
Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 1386(XIV) of 20 November 1959
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have, in the Charter, reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth of the human person,...
Summary: Les autorités ivoiriennes ont décidé - pour éviter une année blanche aux élèves - de re-découper l’année académique en deux semestres au lieu des trois trimestres habituels, tout en reportant à plus tard les examens scolaires prévus...
