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II. Recommendations
- Approve the French draft resolution for an immediate
increase in UNOCI peacekeeping forces, civilian police personnel and
support staff.
- Expedite the work of the U.N. Sanctions Committee and
immediately activate travel and economic sanctions against individuals
identified as responsible for serious violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law, who break the U.N. arms embargo or who
incite publicly hatred and violence.
- Expedite the publication of the report of the U.N.
Commission of Inquiry into human rights violations committed since 2002
and hold a meeting in the U.N. Security Council to discuss its findings
and recommendations.
- Increase resources to UNOCI for monitoring of radio and
television broadcasts which incite hatred, intolerance and violence.
- In the event deterioration in the security situation in Cote d’Ivoire is accompanied by persistent radio and television transmissions intended to
incite hatred, intolerance and violence against civilian populations, be
prepared to pass a resolution, or include in another resolution an
article, which calls for the blocking of such transmissions.
- Ensure that UNOCI forces can provide protection to all
civilians whose security is at risk because of communal tension or threats
from abusive military forces.
- Consider the imposition of sanctions – including arms
embargos, travel bans and economic sanctions – against the Ivorian
government or other African governments which sponsor groups involved in
the perpetration of widespread and systematic human rights abuses,
including the use and recruitment of child soldiers.
- Publicly acknowledge the gravity of the crimes that have
been committed by all sides to the Ivorian conflict, and that you have
been vested with the authority to investigate and prosecute them.
- Take steps to lay the groundwork as soon as is feasible to
begin an investigation with a view to prosecution of those suspected of
human rights and international humanitarian law violations by both
pro-government and rebel forces.
- Issue clear public instructions to all security forces to
respect international humanitarian and human rights law. Ensure attacks on
Burkinabe and other foreign groups end immediately and those responsible
for such attacks are brought to justice.
- Issue clear public orders to security services to ensure
that civilian militias are brought within the scope of the law and cannot
act with impunity.
- Acknowledge and condemn unlawful killings committed by
security and other pro-government forces since September 2002.
- Investigate and punish those responsible for harassment
and extortion of traders and travelers by the security services and
civilian militias.
- End the incitement of hatred, intolerance and violence by
state-run broadcasters and print journalists and bring to justice any
broadcasters or journalists that incite the same. Respect freedom of
expression and create a climate in which journalists may work freely.
- Cooperate fully with any investigative steps taken by the
International Criminal Court.
- Issue clear public instructions to all combatants to
respect international humanitarian and human rights law.
- Ensure combatants receive human rights and international
humanitarian law training.
- Issue clear instructions to combatants to allow the return
of refugees and displaced persons, in particular members of the Baoulé
group that fled Bouaké.
- Cooperate fully with any investigative steps taken by the
International Criminal Court.
To France
- Issue clear instructions to commanders to control civilian
demonstrators without resorting to lethal force unless their forces are in
clear and imminent danger of their lives.
- Conduct an investigation into the alleged disproportionate
use of force against demonstrators in Abidjan by the French in November
2004.
- Ensure French forces are trained in crowd control and
equipped with riot control gear.
- Ensure troops in Operation Unicorn respect international
humanitarian law and intervene to protect all civilians throughout their
area of deployment.
To the United States, the European Union and
other international donors
- Call publicly and privately on the Ivorian government to
investigate and where applicable prosecute violators of international
humanitarian law and human rights.
- Condition military or police assistance to the Ivorian
government, with the exception of human rights training, on the
investigation and prosecution of those accused of such abuses.
- Give political and financial backing to any judicial
mechanism set up to ensure accountability for perpetrators of serious
crimes.
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