Capacity-Building and Technical Cooperation with Côte D'ivoire in the Field of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/32/30View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2014–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/HRC/RES/32/30	Capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d'Ivoire in the field of human rights	1,760	50%Compare
2015	A/HRC/RES/29/24	Capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d'Ivoire in the field of human rights	1,452	44%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/26/32	Capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d'Ivoire in the field of human rights	1,337	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Administration of Justice Capacity Building Côte D'ivoire Elections Experts Human Rights Advancement Human Rights Institutions Internal Security Law Reform Reconciliation Report Preparation Sex Crimes Technical Cooperation Truth Commissions

What’s in this document?

26 operative paragraphs

Condemns the terrorist attacks that occurred in Grand-Bassam on 13 March 2016, which are liable to thwart the joint efforts of the Ivorian people and the international community to bring security and peace to the country;

Applauds the successful holding of the presidential elections of October 2015, considered to be free and transparent by all national and international stakeholders, and welcomes the overall stability of the security situation in Côte d’Ivoire, as indicated in the special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire² and the report of the Independent Expert on capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights;³

²S/2016/297.

³A/HRC/32/52.

Welcomes the exemplary and continuing cooperation of the Government of Côte d’Ivoire with the United Nations human rights machinery and its commitment to promoting and protecting human rights, and encourages the continuation of efforts to end all human rights violations in the country, to prosecute the persons responsible and the perpetrators of such acts and to help victims;

Notes with appreciation the establishment of the Ministry of Solidarity, Social Cohesion and Compensation of Victims, a breakthrough that will enhance the gains made in the area of national reconciliation, while encouraging the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to provide it with sufficient resources to fulfil its mission;

Also notes with appreciation the efforts made by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to align its domestic legal framework with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, including its initiative for the abolition of the death penalty and the introduction into its domestic legal framework of international crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, superior responsibility for war crimes and the non-applicability of any statute of limitations to such international crimes;

Encourages Côte d’Ivoire to continue its efforts to enhance capacity in its judicial system and invites the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to strengthen human resource capacity, to ensure that legal proceedings conform to international standards for a fair trial and to prosecute all the alleged perpetrators of human rights violations, including those committed during the post-election crisis;

Welcomes the continued work of the special investigation unit, encourages the Ivorian authorities to continue to provide it with the necessary resources, and also encourages the acceleration of the national processes of investigation and prosecution of the persons responsible and the alleged perpetrators of the violence committed during the 2010-2011 post-election period;

Encourages the Ivorian authorities to continue their efforts to improve conditions of detention in prisons and to take steps to reduce overcrowding in prisons in order to improve the care of minors and, in this regard, invites the international community to support the efforts of the Government of Côte d’Ivoire;

Welcomes the release, on 19 April 2016, to the President of the Republic, of the report of the National Commission for Reconciliation and Compensation of Victims and the recommendations provided by it to proceed with its publication and of the report of the Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation Commission;

Also welcomes the continuation of the dialogue between all political actors aimed at facilitating inclusive political pluralism, while stressing the importance of the full participation of women in the process of dialogue with all parties, and notes the continued cooperation with the International Criminal Court and the adoption of new laws, significant advances in strengthening the legislative framework and promoting and protecting human rights;

Notes the commitment of the judicial authorities to ensure equitable justice for all victims of the Ivorian crisis, a major component of reconciliation, through the continuation of judicial proceedings, including the trial of members of the Forces républicaines de Côte d’Ivoire, and the acceleration of the process of investigation and prosecution of those responsible and the alleged perpetrators of the violence committed during the 2010-2011 post-election period;

Welcomes the continuation of the electoral process and the arrangements for holding fair, free, transparent, inclusive and peaceful general elections that guarantee freedom of expression and the will of the people;

Takes note of the reports and recommendations submitted by the independent Expert to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-first and thirty-second sessions;⁴

⁴A/HRC/31/78 and A/HRC/32/52.

Applauds the commitments made by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire during the various sessions of the Human Rights Council to endorse the Independent Expert’s recommendations and its fruitful cooperation with the Independent Expert in the framework of his mandate;

Welcomes the progress made by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire in promoting respect for and protection of human rights, including its cooperation with the special procedure mandate holders and treaty bodies and its efforts in ratifying international and regional human rights instruments, and encourages it to continue these activities and to continue its efforts to bring its national legislation into conformity with the international and regional instruments that it has ratified by ensuring the effective implementation of those instruments;

Notes with appreciation the continued improvement in the humanitarian situation on the ground and calls on United Nations agencies and other relevant actors to continue, at the request of the country, to provide assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons, in conformity with the measures put in place by the Government, so as to encourage their safe and voluntary return to their homes;

Welcomes in this regard the actions of the Ministry of Solidarity, Social Cohesion and Compensation of Victims, which have facilitated the return to Côte d’Ivoire, since 3 May 2016, of nearly 2,000 Ivorian refugees and exiles in Liberia;

Notes the efforts made by the Ivorian authorities to combat sexual violence against women and children, notably with the adoption of a national strategy to curb the phenomenon, and the efforts made to protect children, and calls upon the Government to do everything possible to continue investigations into the recurring allegations of violence against women and children;

Welcomes in this regard the adoption on 3 June 2016 of a decree on the establishment, responsibilities, organization and functioning of the National Committee to Combat Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, which has been tasked with coordinating within national security institutions the efforts of the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to prevent conflict-related sexual violence and respond to such violence and to enhance the fight against impunity for crimes of sexual violence committed by armed men;

Calls upon the international community to continue, if necessary, to support the reconstruction and reconciliation process under way in Côte d’Ivoire and to provide the assistance requested in the specific areas in which such assistance is necessary, including in strengthening the capacity of the mechanisms for combating violence against women and children;

Also calls upon the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to ensure the full inclusiveness of the constitutional review process and to invite all Ivorian stakeholders, including political parties, civil society and the media, to continue to work together to consolidate national reconciliation and social cohesion, and urges the Ivorian authorities to seize this opportunity to strengthen the legal framework for the protection of human rights in the country;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the technical assistance requested by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire in order to strengthen the capacity of the National Human Rights Commission of Côte d’Ivoire, with a view to closing down the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire in June 2017, and encourages the Ivorian authorities to bring the Commission into conformity with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles) and to provide it with the necessary means to carry out its work independently;

Calls upon the international community to encourage the national efforts made by Côte d’Ivoire and its institutions to strengthen the rule of law in the country, and to respond to its requests for technical assistance in the humanitarian, educational, health, economic and social spheres;

Also calls upon the international community to continue to support, upon request, the National Human Rights Commission of Côte d’Ivoire through technical assistance and capacity-building programmes with a view to enabling it to contribute effectively to the promotion and protection of the fundamental rights of the Ivorian people, in accordance with the Paris Principles;

Decides accordingly to extend, for a final one-year period, until 30 June 2017, the mandate on capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights;

Requests the Independent Expert to submit a report and his final recommendations to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-fifth session.

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