Global Progress Towards Ending the Sexual Exploitation of Children
A global problem requires truly global solutions to address the sexual exploitation of children.
Indicators
Age of Consent
Not Yet Assessed
Extraterritoriality & Extradition
Partial
Active and passive extraterritoriality is provided for all crimes punished with imprisonment, therefore including all SEC-related crimes. In case of passive extraterritoriality the offender must have been extradited to or detained in Cote d'Ivoire. Double criminality applies except for trafficking of children offences.
Extradition requires minimum gravity of two years of imprisonment. Cote d'Ivoire nationals cannot be extradited. Double criminality applies in all cases.
SECTT Legal Checklist Cote d'Ivoire, 2020
CSAM Definition
Not Yet Assessed
Background Check Required
Partial
There are no mandatory legal provisions for criminal background checks. However the legislation includes provisions that prohibit convicted sex offenders to work in education, childcare and the public sector as well as the possibility of punishments for sex offenders that include the suspension of licences or authorisations for activities related to the offence committed.
SECTT Legal Checklist Cote d'Ivoire, 2020
National Commitments
Partial
Cote d'Ivoire has ratified the CRC, the OPSC, the OPIC, the Trafficking Protocol and the ILO Convention No. 182.
Cote d'Ivoire has also ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
Cote d'Ivoire has not ratified the UNWTO Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics nor the AU Convention on Cyber Security and the Council of Europe's Lanzarote and Budapest Conventions.
SECTT Legal Checklist Cote d'Ivoire, 2020
Child Advocacy Centers
Not Yet Assessed
SEC Police Unit
Not Yet Assessed
Protection Standards Travel and Tourism
No
There are no child protection standards for the travel and tourism industry in place.
SECTT Legal Checklist Cote d'Ivoire, 2020
Public SEC Case Data
Not Yet Assessed
Age of Consent Law is Appropriate
The age of sexual consent for both males and females is 18 and a close in age exemption (up to 3 years) is provided for consensual sexual relationships between adolescents.
The age of sexual consent is the legally defined age at which a person is considered mature enough to agree to sexual activity. The age of sexual consent varies across jurisdictions around the world and there is no international legal instrument establishing it, however various forms of advocacy have encouraged States to establish a minimum age under which engaging in sexual contact is considered a criminal offence. This is intended to prevent sexual contact with children and to prevent argument that the child consented as a defence.
Often national provisions related to the age of sexual consent include an exception, known as a close-in-age exemption, making consensual sexual activities between young people lawful if the partners are of similar ages and the age difference is not higher than a certain number of years.
To ensure that cases of child sexual exploitation do not go unpunished, ECPAT advocates for the age of sexual consent to be set at 18 for both males and females with a close-in-age exemption of 2-3 years provided in order to ensure young people are not penalised for consensual sexual acts with peers. The age from which the exemption applies should be established by States but may begin for young people somewhere between 12 and 16 years of age.
Yes The national legislation explicitly indicates that the age of sexual consent unequivocally is 18 for both males and females, with a close-in-age exemption for sexual acts between peers (of up to 3 years) is provided by law.