In March 2011, the ECOWAS Court of Justice asked Senegalese authorities to repeal Ministerial Order no. 7580, which prohibits "demonstrations of a political nature" in Dakar.[2] As of December 2022, the order has not been repealed.[1]
During protests in June 2022, authorities were alleged to have tortured a detained protester, resulting in his death; as of December 2022, an investigation into his death had not been opened.[1]
Children's rights
Since the 2010s, reports have indicated that talibés, Senegalese children living in daaras, a type of Quranic school, have been subject to exploitation, neglect, and abuse. According to Human Rights Watch, as of 2019 around 100,000 talibes are forced to beg daily for food and money.[3]
Legislation has been proposed to overhaul the country's daara system, which as of 2022 has not been passed.[1]
(in German) Kafui Ayaba Sandra Afanou, Der Menschenrechtsschutz in drei ausgewählten frankophonen Staaten Afrikas : Togo, Senegal und Kamerun, Frankfurt-sur-le-Main, Berlin, Berne, Brussels, New York, Oxford and Vienna, Lang, 2005, 228 p. (after a thesis at the University of Heidelberg, 2002) ISBN3-631-51392-5
(in English) James T. Lawrence (editor), Human rights in Africa Hauppauge, N.Y., Nova Science, 2004, 252 p. ISBN1590339320
(in French) Sidiki Kaba, Les droits de l'homme au Sénégal, Collection Xaam saa yoon, 1997, 547 p.
(in French) Comité interministériel chargé des droits de l'homme, Le Sénégal face aux allégations de violation des droits de l'homme, 1996, 26 p.
