General Information on Senegal
In this section
Basic Facts
- Map courtesy of University of Texas. Click on the map for a fuller image
- Population: 10.1 million (UN 2003)
- Capital: Dakar
- Administrative subdivisions: 10 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor
- Average annual income: US $490 (World Bank, 2001)
- Legal system: based on French civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court; the Council of State audits the government's accounting office; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction (CIA Factbook 2003)
- Main courts: Constitutional Court; Council of State; Court of Final Appeals or Cour de Cassation; Court of Appeals (Law Library of Congress 1989)
- Main prisons:– Law Library of Congress 1989)
- Number of Prisons: NA
- Number of cases known to the police: 13 234 (Interpol 2001)
- Prison population: 4,653 (Observatoire International des Prisons1997)
Ratified Regional and International Treaties
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR): ratified 13 May 1978
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR): ratified 13 May 1978
- Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): ratified 07 March 1985
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC): ratified 02 September 1990
- Convention Against Torture (CAT): ratified 26 June 1987
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racism and Discrimination (CERD): ratified 19 May 1972
- Convention on Protection of Rights of Migrant Workers (MWC): ratified 01 July 2003
African Union
- The Organization of African Unity (OAU) Charter: ratified 29/09/98
- African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: ratified 13/08/82
- African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1991): ratified 29/09/98
Other
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): Member States
- Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA): Member States
- Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa: ratified 01 April 1971
- IMF: Selected African Member States
- WTO: African Member States
- African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Country Eligibility: (joined October 2, 2000)
General Information
- Country Watch: Senegal
- Norwegian Council for Africa: Senegal
- Africa Action: West Africa Country-Specific Data and News Sources
- Columbia University: West Africa Region and Countries
- Stanford University: West Africa
- Amnesty International: West Africa Region and Countries
- Library of Congress Federal Research Division: Africa Country Pages
- U.S. Dept. of State: African Affairs and Countries
- CIA: Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Selected African Countries
- Political Resources: Africa and Selected Countries
- World Bank Group: Africa and Selected Countries
- Human Rights Watch: Africa and Selected Countries
- Contemporary Africa Database: Society, Politics and Governance - Selected African Countries
- University of Pennsylvania: The African Studies Center and Country Specific Pages
News
- BBC: African Countries' profiles
- All Africa: West Africa and Selected Countries
- IRIN News West Africa
- IFEX: News from West Africa and Selected Countries
- Oneworld: West Africa and Selected Countries
- PANOS: Site Media Senegal
Legal Information
- Constitution Finder (University of Richmond): Selected African Countries
- Hieros Gamos World Government Resources: Selected African Countries
- Government of Senegal: Constitution and Courts (French only: Conseil constitutionnel Counseil d'Etat, Cour de Cassation and Cour de Comptes)
- Emory University Law School: Islamic Family Law: Senegal
- UNHCR Country of Origin and Legal Information: Senegal
- International Constitutional Law (ICL): Selected African countries' constitutions
- Law Library of Congress: Selected African Countries
- NATLEX: National Legislation for Selected African Countries
- ForIntLaw: National Legislation for Selected African Countries
- FindLaw: Selected African Countries' Legislation
- JURIST: National Legislation, Summaries and Links for Selected African Countries
- World Directory of National Parliamentary Libraries: Selected African Countries (German Bundestag)
- World Law Index: Selected African Countries
- Cornell Law School Laws Online: National Legislation Database