Côte d’Ivoire: Unrealized Promises for Impartial Justice
The Ivorian government has not yet delivered on its promises of impartial accountability for the serious international crimes from the 2010-2011 post-election crisis. The government should step...

Côte d’Ivoire: Unrealized Promises for Impartial Justice

The Ivorian government has not yet delivered on its promises of impartial accountability for the serious international crimes from the 2010-2011 post-election crisis. The government should step up support to judges and prosecutors handling these cases so that victims from both sides can finally see justice.

“President Ouattara’s expressed support for impartial justice rings hollow without more concrete action to bring justice for victims of crimes committed by pro-government forces. If Côte d’Ivoire is going to break from its dangerous legacy in which people close to the government are beyond the reach of the law, it needs credible prosecutions of those responsible for crimes on both sides of the post-election conflict.”

- Param-Preet Singh, senior international justice counsel

Photo: A woman hides her face after recounting how pro-Ouattara forces killed two of her children and her brother. © 2011 Peter Dicampo