Background Briefing

Côte d’Ivoire:
Accountability for Serious Human Rights Crimes Key to Resolving Crisis   in French
Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper, October 2004

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INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE IVORIAN CRISIS - 1999-2004

VIOLATIONS BY GOVERNMENT AND PRO-GOVERNMENT FORCES

VIOLATIONS BY IVORIAN REBEL FORCES

IVORIAN GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CRIMES

THE WAY FORWARD FOR JUSTICE IN COTE D’IVOIRE

JUSTICE FOR COTE D’IVOIRE – INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT ESSENTIAL

RECOMMENDATIONS


“Rule of law is at risk around the world. … It is by reintroducing the rule of law, and confidence in its impartial application, that we can hope to resuscitate societies shattered by conflict.”

U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan (addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations. September 21, 2004)