Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?
Populations forcibly displaced from Burkina Faso and Mali (interministerial order No. 0465 of 02/07/2025). The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights reports that the decree of 2 July 2025 covers asylum seekers from Burkina Faso and Mali, including those registered since May 2021, and that according to information it received the measure concerns more than 69,000 Burkinabe and approximately 1,500 Malians.
See recorded sources
Limits of the record- Decree text itself not read: the CNDJ detail page (biblio.cndj.ci/search/textes/68429) requires login; only its title was read.
- Registration date and figures come from an AU commission press release relying on 'information received', not from the decree; that release also contains a confusing phrase ('fleeing violence in northern Côte d'Ivoire').
- https://biblio.cndj.ci/search/textes?nature=11&type=1
ARRETE INTERMINISTERIEL N° 0465 MAEIAIE MJDH du 02/07/2025, portant reconnaissance du Statut de réfugié « PRIMA FACIE » aux populations déplacées de force en provenance du Burkina Faso et du Mali..
- https://achpr.au.int/en/news/press-releases/2025-11-25/press-release-granting-refugee-status-asylum-seekers-burkina-f
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission) notes with satisfaction the interministerial decree of 2 July 2025 by which the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire granted refugee status to a large group of asylum seekers from Burkina Faso and Mali, including those registered since May 2021 after fleeing violence in northern Côte d'Ivoire. According to information received by the Commission, this measure concerns more than 69,000 Burkinabe and approximately 1,500 Malians.
