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Republic of Mali

 Citizenship and Country Documents

US Government Reports Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MLI105098.FE - Requirements and procedures to obtain a national identity card, a birth certificate and a certificate of nationality; characteristics of each of these identity documents, including physical features - Mar. 2015
    • MLI42942.E - The procedures for obtaining passports in Mali for adults and minor children; documentation required; details about photos; length of time to process applications; whether a passport must be signed to be valid - Sept. 2004
    • MLI41993.FE - Whether foreign men who marry Malian women may obtain Malian citizenship by virtue of their marriage; if so, the applicable terms and conditions - Sept. 2003

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Children

US Government Reports
  • Department of Labor - Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - 20212020, 2019, 2018, 2017
  • Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MLI100547.FE - Violence committed against minors by family members (parents, grandparents, stepparents, uncles, aunts); protection available from government authorities and from non-governmental organizations; possibility of adoption by a family member Sept. 2005
    • MLI41494.FE - Update to MLI41213.F of 18 March 2003 and to MLI40537.F of 30 January 2003 on the situation of children in Mali, particularly the forced labour of children; available state protection; government structures or organizations that help children who are victims of forced labour May 2003
    • MLI41495.FE - Violence committed against minor children by their relatives (father, mother, uncle, aunt, grandfather and/or guardian) in Mali May 2003
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Coalition to Stop the use of Child Soldiers - Child Soldiers Global Report - 2008
  • Human Rights Watch
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • A Poisonous Mix - Child Labor, Mercury, and Artisanal Gold Mining in Mali - Dec. 2011
  • Norwegian Refugee Council
    • Unprecedented school closures jeopardise the future of millions in West and Central Africa - Mar. 2023

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Elections

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Ethnic Groups / Race

Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MLI105562.FE - The Front for the Liberation of the Northern Regions (Front de libération des régions du Nord, FLN) [also called Forces for the Liberation of the Northern Regions (Forces de libération des régions du Nord), Front for the Liberation of the North (Front de libération du Nord) and National Liberation Front (Front de libération nationale)], including activities; links to the Songhai; treatment of group members and of people of Songhai origin by the state July 2016
    • MLI104822.E - Information on the treatment of members of the Tuareg ethnic group by authorities and society - April 2014
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Minority Rights Group International
    • Mali Overview
    • State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - 2016

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Bambara

Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Human Rights Watch
    • “We Used to Be Brothers” Self-Defense Group Abuses in Central Mali –December 2018

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Tuaregs and Maurs

Non-Government Organization Reports
  • World Directorate Minorities - Tuareg

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Gender

Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MLI105555.FE - Forced marriage, including the prevalence of forced marriage, related legislation, state protection, support services and the ability of women to refuse a forced marriage – July 2016
    • MLI102425.FE - Prevalence of forced marriages and the consequences of refusing - Mar. 2007

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Human Rights

US Government Reports
  • State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 20202019201820172016
  • United States Congressional Research Service - Crisis in Mali - July 2021
Foreign Government Reports
  • Norwegian Refugee Council
    • Breaking the glass ceiling: A smarter approach to protection financing – Nov. 2020
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Amnesty International
    • Mali: Killed, Wounded And Forgotten? Accountability For The Killings During Demonstrations And The Coup In Mali - April 2021
    • “They Executed Some and Brought the Rest With Them”:  Human Rights Violations by Security Forces in the Sahel – June 2020
    • First assessment of the human rights situation after three week conflict - Feb. 2013
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • “How Much More Blood Must Be Spilled?” Atrocities Against Civilians in Central Mali, 2019 - Feb. 2020
  • Human Rights Watch -  2022, 2021, 2020, 20192018201720162015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
    • World Events: 2023
  • Minority Rights Group International
  • Norwegian Refugee Council
    • The world's most neglected displacement crises in 2022 - May 2023 

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Justice System

Non-Government Organization Report

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Law

Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MLI105290.E - Mali: Contents of articles 94 and 101 of the Penal Code; whether it is an offence under the law of Mali to insult Islam, and, if yes, whether the law is enforced and the consequences if found guilty - Sept. 2015

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Medical Availability

US Government Reports
  • RIC Report - Mali - HIV-Infected Persons/AIDS/People With AIDS /Discrimination Based On Health/Mali - Nov. 1999
International Government Organization Reports
  • World Health Organization Page

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Political Figures and Parties

US Government Reports Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MLI42694.FE - The Association of Malian Students (Association des élèves et étudiants du Mali, AEEM), including its leaders and activities - June 2004
    • MLI41352.E - Rassemblement des partis politiques (RPP), including its objectives, structure and membership, and the treatment by the Malian government towards the party founder and members - Mar. 2003

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Refugees / IDPs

Intergovernmental Organization Reports
  • Norwegian Refugee Council
    • The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises - 2020
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
    • Severity of internal displacement Report - Nov. 2021
    • Africa Report on Internal Displacement - 2019
    • MALI - Northern takeover internally displaces at least 118,000 people - Oct. 2012

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Religion

US Government Reports
  • State Department International Religious Freedom Report - 202220212020201920182017, 2016
  • United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Special Reports
    • Religious Freedom Concerns for Followers of African Traditional and Indigenous Religions - Apr. 2023
    • The Religion-State Relationship & the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Comparative Textual Analysis of the Constitutions of Majority Muslim Countries and Other OIC Members – August 2012
Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MLI42302.FE - A religion or cult called "Komo - Jan. 2004
    • MLI41772.FE - Whether islamic fundamentalist groups, such as Al-Qaida, are using forced or voluntary recruitment with the aim of training the recruits for a jihad - July 2003
 

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Sexual Orientation

Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Amnesty International
    • Making Love a Crime: Criminalization of Same-Sex Conduct in Sub-Saharan Afica - Apr. 2013

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Specific Country Issues - Armed Conflict

US Government Reports

  • Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Amnesty International
    • Anti-Corruption Fight in Peril – Crackdown on Anti-Corruption Human Rights Defenders in West and Central Africa - July 2023
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • Mali Conflict and Aftermath - Compendium of Human Rights Watch Reporting  - 2012 - 2017
  • International Crisis Group
    • Speaking with the “Bad Guys”: Toward Dialogue with Central Mali’s Jihadists – May 2019

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Specific Country Issues - Female Genital Mutilation

U.S. Government Reports
  • Report on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or Female Genital Cutting (FGC) - 2014

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Speech / Press / Internet

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Timeline

Trafficking

U.S. Government Reports  

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Terrorism

US Government Reports
  • State Department Country Reports on Terrorism - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
  • Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Intergovernmental Organization Reports

  • European Asylum Support Office
    • Country of Origin Information Report – Dec. 2018

Updated March 12, 2024