Côte d'Ivoire

• Status of Ratifications
• Reporting Status
• Open invitation to Special Procedures
  (No invitation extended)
• Voluntary Pledges and Commitments
  (Not member of the Human Rights Council)

Special Procedures

Country visits by Special Procedures

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights - Mission to Côte d’Ivoire and the Netherlands (A/HRC/12/26/Add.2)

Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin - Mission to Côte d'Ivoire (A/HRC/4/38/Add.2)

Report of Doudou Diène, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance - Mission to Côte d'Ivoire (E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.3)

Report of Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression - Mission to Côte d'Ivoire (E/CN.4/2005/64/Add.2)

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Most recent concluding observations

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (2003)

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2001)

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As UNOCI’s periodic reports on the human rights situation in Côte d’Ivoire show, serious violations continue to be committed in most parts of the country,mainly by elements of the defence and security forces, members of armed and unarmed militia, and armed criminals operating in the west and in the zone of confidence. As the country emerges from conflict, the Human Rights Division of ONUCI is expected to help strengthen human rights by integrating a human rights perspective into the various planning processes of the UN system, including the Common Country Assessment and the UN Development Assistance Framework. The Human Rights Division thus intends to continue empowering duty-bearers and rights-holders to respond to human rights concerns and, with the availability of new funds, to focus on encouraging the Government to meet its regional and international obligations.
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