Côte d'Ivoire

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Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education - Mission to Côte d'Ivoire (A/HRC/38/32/Add.1)

Report of the Independent Expert on the enhancement of capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights (A/HRC/35/43)

Report of the Independent Expert on the enhancement of capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights (A/HRC/31/78)

Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination  - Mission to Côte d'Ivoire (A/HRC/30/34/Add.1)

Report of the Independent Expert on the enhancement of capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights (A/HRC/29/49)

Most recent reports by the UN Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretariat

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire (A/HRC/17/49)

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire (A/HRC/16/79)

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The non-respect by Côte d’Ivoire of some fundamental human rights norms and principles pertaining notably to equality and non-discrimination, the right to a nationality plunged the country into an armed conflict. The crisis kick-started on 19 September 2002 by an armed rebellion which resulted in grave violations and in the de facto division of the country into two zones: the north, controlled by the Forces nouvelles, led by Guillaume Kigbafori Soro, and the south by the legitimate government of President Gbagbo. After several unsuccessful peace deals, the signing of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement on 4 March 2007 by the conflicting parties defused the tension, thus fostering an appeased political climate conducive to the organization of elections.
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