community development. 4.5 Access to appropriate information (art. 17) Article 7 of the Constitution guarantees equal access to information for all citizens. However, in order to protect children and youth against all forms of abuse, violence and exploitation, the Ivorian Parliament has provided partially exemptive special provisions of this principle. Regarding the written media, Law No. 2004-643 of 14 December 2004 on the legal regime of the media in Title XI, section 91 subjects all publications for the youth, except for the official and school publications (which are under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education) to the control of the Ministry of the Interior (Article 96). Under article 92 of the Law, the content of publications must not contain any illustration, writing, or statement presenting in a favorable light, banditry, lying, stealing, laziness, cowardice, hatred, or any act as of crimes or offenses which may affect the youth morality or maintain ethnic prejudices. In addition, these publications "must not comprise any publicity or advertisement by publications likely to pervert the youth." The non-compliance with these provisions is sanctioned with a fine and removal. In order to ensure the protection and promotion of children's rights and their welfare through the media, in September 2001, 12 journalists created 12 different media outlets, the Ivorian Network of Child friendly Communicators (RICAE). It aims to train its members on children's rights and strengthen their technical "Child friendly editing" capacity and to create a protective media space of children in Côte d'Ivoire. RICAE established the "Ivorian Charter of media professionals for child protection", which came into force on July 7, 2005 and was approved by the Observatory for Freedom of the Press, Ethics and Code of Conduct (OLPED) and the National Press Council (CNP). This Charter was established in collaboration with the Ministry for Communication and Children and the support of Save the Children Sweden, UNICEF and BICE. It saw the full participation of Children's organisations and associations. From January to February 2009, in partnership with UNICEF and BICE, RICAE organised an awareness raising campaign for media outlets operating on Ivorian territory. The network has also organised numerous seminars training journalists and media owners on child rights (with Save the Children) and the Worst Forms of Child Labour (with ILO). A training workshop for journalists and cameramen of two Ivorian television channels, and for photo journalists, on dealing with topics relating to children in public media was also held in September 2010. A network of health communicators is being established to better inform the population in general, mothers and children in particular on issues related to health. 4.6 The right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, including corporal punishment (art. 37) The protection of children against abuse is guaranteed by the Constitution, which prohibits torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (art. 3), which prohibits any punishment leading to the taking of human life (art. 2). Moreover, the Penal Code (. Articles 342 to 345 to 361 to 364) defines and punishes violations of the physical integrity of children: murders, beatings, injuries, violence and assault, food and care deprivation. RAPPORT INITIAL SUR LA MISE EN OEUVRE DE LA CHARTE AFRICAINE DES DROITS ET DU BIEN ÊTRE DE L'ENFANT 40