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Afraid and Forgotten
Lawlessness, Rape, and Impunity in Western Côte d’Ivoire
Map of
Côte d’Ivoire
Map of
Côte d’Ivoire’s Far West
Summary
Recommendations
Methodology
Background
Violence and
Lawlessness in Western Côte d’Ivoire
Widespread
Criminality by Coupeurs de Route
Attacks in
Towns and Villages
Widespread
Sexual Violence
Identifying
the Perpetrators>
State
Failure: Insecurity and Impunity
State
Authorities’ Failure to Protect from Private Harm
State
Authorities’ Failure to Investigate Reported Crimes
Failure of
Judicial System
Turning to
Vigilante Security: Hiring the Dozo
Extortion
and Racketeering by State Authorities and the Forces Nouvelles
Government-Controlled
Moyen Cavally
Forces Nouvelles-Controlled Dix-Huit Montagnes
Acknowledgments
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