1. Legislative and regulatory measures - Chapter III of Title II of the Penal Code lists crimes and offences against children. Thus, the law punishes among others, iviolence and assault against children, child abandonment, kidnapping of a minor, violation of the obligations of marriage in particular the refusal to pay alimony. - In Article 3 of the Ivorian Constitution, is prohibited and punishable by law "... inhuman and cruel, degrading and humiliating, moral torture, physical violence and mutilation and all forms of degradation of the human being. ". - Order No. 0075 / MEN / DELC of 28 September 2009, prohibits physical and humiliating punishment for students in school settings. - Preventive measures have been taken by the Ministry for Children and the Ministry for Education to punish the perpetrators. A good driving teachers Code is under preparation, before. - Law No. 98-757 of 23 December 1998 on the suppression of certain forms of violence against women has started to be implemented : 01 conviction in July 2012, and 05 convictions in 2013. RAPPORT INITIAL SUR LA MISE EN OEUVRE DE LA CHARTE AFRICAINE DES DROITS ET DU BIEN ÊTRE DE L'ENFANT 47

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