PART ONE FOLLOW-UP ON ACHPR RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCERNS The purpose of this part is to report on the implementation of the recommendations made to Côte d’Ivoire after presenting its initial and combined report. It will be structured around the summary of these recommendations (Chapter I) and decisions taken towards their implementation (Chapter II). CHAPTER I STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ACHPR RECOMMENDATIONS This chapter outlines the measures taken and the progress made in giving effect to the ACHPR recommendations following the submission of the initial and combined report by Côte d’Ivoire in line with the provisions of the Charter. Recommendation I. Take the necessary measures to ratify and incorporate the following regional and international human rights instruments into the domestic legislation: The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Good Governance. It was signed on 11 June 2009 and ratified by Côte d’Ivoire on 28 November 2013. The law was passed on 19 July 2013 and promulgated on 10 October 2013 under No. 2013-696. The successful organisation of the presidential election which was unanimously commended by all national and international observers bears testimony to the implementation of the afore-mentioned Charter. The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa. The law was passed on 21 June 2013 and promulgated on 30 July 2013 under No. 2013-538. The African Union Convention on Preventing and Combatting Corruption The Law on Prevention and Combatting Corruption and Related Offences was passed on Wednesday 22 May 2013 and published in the Official Gazette on 25 September 2013. To ensure its implementation, the High Authority of Good Governance was established by Ordinance No. 2013-661 of 20 September 2014. Its members took the oath of office on Friday 5 September 2015. The Optional Protocol to the International Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment. This Protocol has neither been signed nor ratified. However, the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, within the framework of the wide-ranging review of the criminal code and the criminal procedure code, hopes to reinforce the provisions on combatting torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment in line with the Robben Island Guidelines. The International Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It was ratified on 15 February 2013. The revised Criminal and Criminal Procedure Code henceforth consists of crimes within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC). The Second Optional Protocol relating to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the Abolition of the Death Penalty. It has not yet been ratified by Côte d’Ivoire. However, it must be underscored that the Ivorian Constitution of 1 August 2000 prohibits the death penalty. The body of laws on the death penalty has since then been expunged from the Revised Criminal Code. The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The law was passed on 20 December 1991 and enacted on 27 December 1991 under No. 91-883. The ratification took place on 26 March 1992. 6