Mali: Update to Response to Information Request MLI19400.E of 12 February 1995 on the Mali Criminal Code; on whether it is an offence to sexually assault a woman who is not one's wife pursuant to a civil marriage; on whether it is illegal to perform female circumcision; on whether it is illegal to perform female circumcision without the female's consent, and the penalties for all the above
| Publisher | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | MLI20067.E |
| Cite as | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Mali: Update to Response to Information Request MLI19400.E of 12 February 1995 on the Mali Criminal Code; on whether it is an offence to sexually assault a woman who is not one's wife pursuant to a civil marriage; on whether it is illegal to perform female circumcision; on whether it is illegal to perform female circumcision without the female's consent, and the penalties for all the above, 1 March 1995, MLI20067.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac7187.html [accessed 24 May 2013] |
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For updated information on the Code Penal of Mali and on whether it is an offence to sexually assault a woman who is not one's wife pursuant to a civil marriage, please refer to the relevant articles of the attachment.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachment
Mali. Ministère de la justice. n.d. "Code Penal: (Loi n(o). 99 AN-RM du 3 août 1961)," Recueil des codes et textes usueles de la République du Mali 1959-1992. Bamako: Ministère de la justice, pp. 45-81.
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