Title Guinea: 1. Please provide information on the situation in Danane, Ivory Coast, in 2004, and in particular on any bombing that occurred there. 2. Is there any evidence of a usual practice, or a recognised custom, in the culture of either Ivory Coast or Guinea involving adoption of a niece by an uncle (in circumstances where the niece's mother is deceased)? 3. Please provide advice on whether formal adoption is available in Guinea and Ivory Coast, and the processes involved. 4. Please provide information on the practice in Guinea with regard to the recording of deaths. 5. Do the authorities in Guinea issue death certificates in relation to deaths in the country?
Publisher Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal
Publication Date 22 December 2009
Country Guinea
Topics Adoption | Harmful traditional practices | Security situation
Citation / Document Symbol GIN35316
Cite as Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal, Guinea: 1. Please provide information on the situation in Danane, Ivory Coast, in 2004, and in particular on any bombing that occurred there. 2. Is there any evidence of a usual practice, or a recognised custom, in the culture of either Ivory Coast or Guinea involving adoption of a niece by an uncle (in circumstances where the niece's mother is deceased)? 3. Please provide advice on whether formal adoption is available in Guinea and Ivory Coast, and the processes involved. 4. Please provide information on the practice in Guinea with regard to the recording of deaths. 5. Do the authorities in Guinea issue death certificates in relation to deaths in the country?, 22 December 2009, GIN35316, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4f45f9fa2.html [accessed 6 June 2023]
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