PART TWO NORMATIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROMOTING AND PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Since the submission of its initial and combined report to the ACHPR, the normative and institutional framework for the promotion and protection of human rights has made significant progress in Côte d’Ivoire A. Constitution The political system in Côte d’Ivoire is governed by Law No. 2000-513 of 1st August 2000 establishing the Constitution of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. This organic law stipulates that Côte d’Ivoire is a secular and democratic State. The political and institutional reform processes initiated at the beginning of 2012 have led Parliament to pass Law No. 2012-1134 of 13 December 2012 establishing Article 85(a) in Title VI of the Constitution. This constitutional review made it possible to ratify the Rome Statute on the establishment of the International Criminal Court, thus making our country the 122nd State Party to ratify the Statute. B. National Legislation Côte d’Ivoire has strengthened its national normative framework by drafting and adopting several legislative texts. They include, among others : Law No. 2012-1132 of 13 December 2012 on the establishment, responsibilities, organisation and operations of the National Human Rights Commission of Côte d’Ivoire ; Law No.2012-1134 of 13 December 2012 incoporating Article 85(a) on the International Criminal Court in Title VI of the Constitution; Law No. 2013-33 of 25 January 2013 on the abrogation of Article 53 amending Articles 58, 59,60 and 67 of Law No. 64-375 of 7 October 1964 on marriage, as amended by Law No. 83-800 of 2 August 1983 ; Law No. 2014-388 of 20 June 2014 on the promotion and protection of human rights defenders enacted on 20 June 2014 and published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire No. 9 of 2 July 2014. Law No. 98-594 of 10 November 1998 referred to as the Framework Law on Persons with Disabilities recognises equality of opportunities and treatment of persons with disabilities, in particular concerning training and employment. Law 2013 on specific provision relating to acquisition of nationality by declaration as well as the provision on amendment of Articles 12,13,14 and 16 of Law No. 61-415 of 14 December 1961 concerning the Nationality Code as amended by Laws No. 72-852 of 21 December 1972 and No. 2004-662 of 17 December 2004 and Decisions No. 2005-03/PR of 15 July 2005 and No. 2005-09/PR of 29 August 2005. Law 2013 on the timeline provided for the determination of customary rights regarding lands in customary bounded territory, amending Article 6 of Law No. 6 of Law No. 98-750 of 23 December 1998 on rural land tenure as amended by Law No. 2004-412 of 14 August 2004. Law 2013 authorising the President of the Republic to ratify the 1961 Convention on Reduction of Stateless Cases, signed on 30 August 1961 in New York. Law 2013 authorising the President of the Republic to ratify the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons, signed on 28 September 1954 in New York. C. General policy measures Côte d’Ivoire adopted the National Development Plan (PND) on 26 March 2012. The PND is an umbrella framework for all national development policies. It is structured around six (6) pillars. (Cf. Introduction p.3, paragraph 3) 22