The Mediator of the Republic is appointed by the President of the Republic, for a nonrenewable mandate of six years, after the advice of the President of the National Assembly.
He can be terminated in his functions, before the expiration of this time period, in case of
incapacity declared by the Constitutional Council seized by the President of the Republic.
Article 117
The Mediator of the Republic cannot be prosecuted, arrested, detained or judged because of
the opinions or acts emitted by him in the exercise of his functions. The functions of he
Mediator of the Republic are incompatible with the exercise of any political function, of any
public office and of any professional activity.
Article 118
The attributions, the organization and the functioning of the Mediator of the Republic are
established by an organic law.
TITLE XII
OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITIES
Article 119
The law determines the fundamental principles of the free administration of the territorial
collectivities, of their competences and their resources.
Article 120
The Territorial Collectivities are the regions and the communes.
Article 121
The other territorial collectivities are created and suppressed by the Law.
TITLE XI
OF THE ASSOCIATION AND OF THE COOPERATION
BETWEEN THE STATES
Article 122
The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire may conclude agreements of association with other States. It
accepts to create with these States the intergovernmental organisms of common management,
of coordination, and of free cooperation.
Article 123
The Organizations specified in the previous article can have, notably, for [their] object:
— the harmonization of monetary, economic and financial policy;
— the establishment of customs unions;