Côte d’Ivoire:
Accountability for Serious Human Rights Crimes Key to Resolving Crisis 
Human Rights Watch
Briefing Paper, October 2004
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BACKGROUND TO THE IVORIAN CRISIS - 1999-2004
VIOLATIONS BY GOVERNMENT AND PRO-GOVERNMENT FORCES
VIOLATIONS BY IVORIAN REBEL FORCES
IVORIAN GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CRIMES
THE WAY FORWARD FOR JUSTICE IN COTE D’IVOIRE
JUSTICE FOR COTE D’IVOIRE – INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT ESSENTIAL
“Rule of law is at risk around the world. … It is by reintroducing the rule of
law, and confidence in its impartial application, that we can hope to
resuscitate societies shattered by conflict.”
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan (addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations. September 21, 2004)