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

A/HRC/RES/26/32View 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 2014.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2014–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/32/30

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?

10 subjects

Administration of Justice Capacity Building Côte D'ivoire Experts Human Rights Advancement Internal Security International Cooperation Post-Conflict Reconstruction Technical Cooperation Truth Commissions

What’s in this document?

23 operative paragraphs

Condemns the attacks by unidentified armed groups in Côte d’Ivoire, which are liable to thwart the joint efforts of the Ivorian people and the international community to bring security and peace to the country and definitively overcome the effects of the post-election crisis;

Welcomes the substantial improvement in security matters in Côte d’Ivoire, as well as the work of the Special Investigation Unit and the National Security Council, particularly with regard to their roles in early warnings and the prevention of human rights violations;

Also 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, prosecute the perpetrators of such acts and help victims;

Applauds, in this regard, the continuing work in the political framework for ongoing dialogue aimed at facilitating inclusive political pluralism, the continuing cooperation with the International Criminal Court and the adoption of new legislation, notably in the area of family law providing for equal rights between men and women in marriage, which constitute important progress in strengthening the legislative framework and thus in promoting and protecting human rights and ending impunity;

Welcomes the resumption of criminal trials throughout the national territory after a 16-year hiatus;

Notes the continuing trial of some members of the Forces républicaines de Côte d’Ivoire and the holding in Abidjan, from 12 to 14 February 2014, of an international conference on the situation of victims of the Ivorian crisis, organized by the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire;

Applauds the reform of the Independent Electoral Commission, established after broad consultations with all stakeholders, the provisional release of many of those who were detained after the post-electoral crisis, the unfreezing of their assets and the gradual restitution of their property;

Takes note of the reports and recommendations of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire³ and his oral statement at the 35th meeting of the twenty-sixth session of the Council, to the effect that this would be his last report, and thanks him for his commitment to the mandate since his appointment;

³A/HRC/25/73 and A/HRC/26/52.

Applauds the commitments made by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire at the Council’s sessions to endorse the Independent Expert’s recommendations, particularly those relating to rebuilding democracy, combating impunity through the justice system and strengthening inclusive political pluralism and cultural and religious pluralism;

Also applauds the fruitful cooperation between the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the Independent Expert in the discharge of his mandate;

Acknowledges with appreciation the relevance of the conclusions and recommendations of the National Commission of Inquiry in Côte d’Ivoire responsible for investigating the facts and circumstances surrounding the allegations of serious abuses and human rights violations in Côte d’Ivoire following the presidential election of 28 November 2010;

Takes note of the endorsement of the Commission’s recommendations by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and encourages the significant action taken to put them into effect;

Applauds the efforts of the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to ratify international and regional human rights instruments, and encourages it to continue to take action and pursue its efforts to put those instruments into effect, to comply with the related reporting requirements and to promote and reinforce human rights education;

Urges the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and all the actors concerned to support the effective implementation of the mandate of the Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and invites the Commission to do all that it can to meet the expectations of the Ivorian people and the international community in terms of redress and non-repetition;

Notes with concern the continuing instability of the humanitarian situation on the ground, and calls on United Nations agencies and other relevant actors to continue, at the request of the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, 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 voluntary return to their homes in conditions of safety and dignity;

Also notes with concern the recurring allegations of violence against women and children, and requests the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to do all it can to investigate such allegations;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide the technical assistance requested by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, including support for the Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and to work with it to identify other areas of assistance that will help Côte d’Ivoire to meet its human rights obligations;

Requests the international community to continue 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;

Calls upon the international community to support the national efforts made by Côte d’Ivoire and its institutions to improve the human rights situation 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 support the new National Human Rights Commission 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 therefore to establish a new mandate on capacity-building and technical cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights, to follow on from the previous mandate, for a period of one year, renewable, from the twenty-sixth to the twenty-ninth sessions of the Human Rights Council;

Requests the Independent Expert to submit a report to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-eighth session and his or her final recommendations at its twenty-ninth session;

Decides to remain seized of this matter.

Reissued for technical reasons.

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