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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

RELEASE OF FORMER GBAGBO AIDES ‘MAJOR STEP’ FOR JUSTICE IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE – UN EXPERT

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RELEASE OF FORMER GBAGBO AIDES 'MAJOR STEP' FOR JUSTICE IN CÔTE
D'IVOIRE – UN EXPERTNew York, Aug 7 2013 5:00PMThe release of 14
officials from the former government headed by Laurent Gbagbo in Côte
d'Ivoire represents "a major step" on the path toward equitable
justice and reconciliation in the country, a United Nations
independent expert said today.

The individuals were released this week by a court in the country's
commercial capital, Abidjan, after two years in detention. They are
now awaiting trial.

"The authorities' decision is likely to re-launch the political
dialogue vigorously," said the Independent Expert on the situation of
human rights in Côte d'Ivoire, Doudou Diène.

"It is also a key step in the process of national catharsis by which
the Ivorian people must recognize and accept the profound moral and
political causes of the past violence and grave human rights
violations and eradicate their social, cultural and psychological
consequences."

The West African country was split by civil war in 2002. A 2010
presidential election, meant to be a culminating point in the peace
process, resulted in months of violence when Mr. Gbagbo refused to
step down after losing to Alassane Ouattara. Mr. Gbagbo finally
surrendered the following April.

Earlier this year, during the presentation of his latest report on
Côte d'Ivoire to the UN Human Rights Council, the Independent Expert
called on the Ivorian authorities to proceed to the trial of detainees
close to Mr. Gbagbo or to release them. Mr. Diène, who visited these
detainees during his missions to the country, insisted on the need for
justice equity in the national reconciliation and democratic
reconstruction processes there.

"I hope the provisional release of detainees, which reflects fairness
of justice, falls within an irreversible process of national
reconciliation, and also is accompanied by emblematic measures as to
give meaning and substance to the fight against impunity," he said.

Mr. Diène also called on the Ivorian authorities to find a fair
balance between the need to respect the rights of detainees and the
rights of the victims. "This measure of openness from the authorities
should also take into account the rights of all victims of the
post-electoral crisis, in particular, by the fairness of the ongoing
proceedings and the implementation of a policy on effective remedies
necessary to the national reconciliation process."

Among the officials released are the president of the Front Populaire
Ivoirien, Pascal Affi N'Guessan; the son of the former president,
Michel Gbagbo; and the former Minister of Defence, Lida Kouassi.

Independent experts or special rapporteurs are appointed by the
Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a
specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the
experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their work.Aug 7 2013
5:00PM
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