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Cote d’lvoire
Child Rights and Business guidance for Chinese Companies Operating in Cote d’lvoire
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Proposed indicators
Decent work for parents and young workers
Child labour
- Minimum age: The minimum age for employment is 16.
- Hazardous work: Children under 18 years of age may not be employed in hazardous work, which is defined as work that is likely to jeopardise children’s health, safety or morals.
- Light work: The minimum age for light work is 15.
Maternity and paternity protections
- Parental leave: Women are entitled to 14 weeks of paid maternity leave. There is no entitlement to paternity leave.
- Pay and benefits: Maternity leave is granted with pay at 100% of previous earnings, paid by social security.
- Job protection: Dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave is prohibited by law.
Decent work for parents
- Health and safety: Employers cannot require pregnant workers to perform work that might be detrimental to the worker’s health or the health of the unborn child. Employers must provide pregnant workers with alternative employment on terms and conditions not less favourable than previous employment.
- Working hours: Normal working hours are 40 per week over a maximum of 6 days per week.
- Breastfeeding: Female workers are entitled to nursing breaks when nursing a child up until the age of 15 months.
Marketplace
Marketing and advertising
- Marketing to children: There are no known regulations on marketing to children in Cote d’Ivoire.
- Breastmilk substitutes: Cote d’Ivoire has adopted many of the provisions of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes into national law, including restrictions on advertising of instant and follow-up formula.
Product safety
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Consumer protection: Product safety is regulated by the Consumer Protection Act of 2016 (Loi relative à la consommation). There are no known regulations specific to product safety for children.
Child online safety
- Child sexual abuse material (CSAM): National laws prohibit child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including technology-facilitated CSAM offences.
- Access to pornography: Possession and distribution of pornography is not illegal in Cote d’Ivoire.
Community and Environment
Environment
- Impact assessment: To ensure that projects minimise harmful impacts on the environment, national laws require environmental impact assessments.
- Climate change: In its submission to the UNFCC, Cote d’Ivoire is aiming to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28% compared to a business as usual growth scenario.
- Resource governance: Cote d’Ivoire is compliant with Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) standards.
Land rights
- Land tenure: Cote d’Ivoire has not recognised the ILO convention 169 on the rights of indigenous peoples. National laws are reflect limited progress in addressing indigenous land tenure.
Security arrangements
- Child soldiers: The minimum voluntary enlistment age is 18. In the past, there have been reports of children being used in armed conflict.
Child rights
- Education: 10 years of education is free and compulsory as a constitutional right.
- Healthcare: The constitution explicitly guarantees the right to medical care for all citizens. The government maintains a public healthcare system; however, healthcare delivery has been severely compromised.