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Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
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Parlement (Parliament), Assemblée nationale (National Assembly)
The IPU data corresponds to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. For information about upper chambers, refer to Parline
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cases currently treated by the Committee on the Human Rights of MPs
- Number of MPs 255 MPs
- Legislature bicameral
- Last election Mar 2021
- IPU Membership
- Common principles signatory
- Website www.assnat.ci
- More data from Parline
This page contains the latest IPU news and data for this parliament. The percentage of women in parliament and the percentage of youth participation correspond to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. The number of MP human rights cases corresponds to the latest decisions of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
Related news
Press releases
05/03/2024
According to the IPU’s latest Women in Parliament 2023 report, the global proportion of MPs who are women has inched up to 26.9%, based on elections and appointments that took place in 2023. This represents an increase of 0.4 percentage
Press releases
03/11/2020
New allegations of human rights violations against parliamentarians in countries holding elections have recently been brought to the attention of the IPU. The cases involve opposition MPs whose basic rights to freedom of expression, assembly and movement have reportedly been
Press releases
05/06/2020
The IPU is increasingly concerned about parliamentarians in detention during the COVID-19 pandemic due to greater risks of infection in overcrowded and confined spaces. In its first virtual sitting, the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians paid particular
News in brief
14/06/2019
In an area vulnerable to terrorism and violent extremism, the IPU, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in partnership with the National Assembly of Niger, organized a conference for parliamentarians from the region in Niamey from 12 to 14 June 2019.
Case studies
Case studies
10/03/2022
Quotas are critical in ensuring greater representation of women, according to the latest IPU Women in Parliament report. The numbers are clear. In 2021, countries with some form of gender quotas elected 31.9 per cent women on average to their
Related events
Second interregional seminar on parliamentary capacity-building and the further implementation of the SDGs
China
Inter-regional parliamentary seminar: Promoting child nutrition in Western and Central Africa
Ougadougou,
Burkina Faso
Recent human rights cases
In the region
