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Title	Côte d'Ivoire: Whether a law banning female circumcision/mutilation was passed, including its effects in terms of investigation and charges; whether circumcision is more prevalent in the Moslem community; and the recourse an adult woman would have against pressure from her family to be circumcised
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Côte d'Ivoire
Publication Date	1 March 1999
Citation / Document Symbol	CIV31308.E
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Côte d'Ivoire: Whether a law banning female circumcision/mutilation was passed, including its effects in terms of investigation and charges; whether circumcision is more prevalent in the Moslem community; and the recourse an adult woman would have against pressure from her family to be circumcised, 1 March 1999, CIV31308.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6acb28.html [accessed 27 May 2012]
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Côte d'Ivoire: Whether a law banning female circumcision/mutilation was passed, including its effects in terms of investigation and charges; whether circumcision is more prevalent in the Moslem community; and the recourse an adult woman would have against pressure from her family to be circumcised

Please see the attachment from the "Directeur de cabinet" in the Côte d'Ivoire Ministry of Justice and Public Freedom, which is a translation of a 23 December 1998 law on the suppression of female genital mutilation, including punishments.

Information, other than that provided in CIV30615.FE of 1 December 1998, on the other aspects of the request could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Attachment

Minister of Justice and Public Freedom [Abidjan]. 23 December 1998. Translated copy of the Law on the Suppression of Certain Forms of Violence against Women, faxed to the Research directorate by the Directeur de cabinet (22 Feb. 1999).

Additional Sources Consulted

Resource Centre country file. Côte d'Ivoire. 1998.

Electronic sources: Internet, LEXIS/NEXIS, World News Connection.

Topics: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM),

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