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UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Ivory Coast Doudou Diene on Wednesday called on authorities in the Ivory Coast to undertake broad consultations on the reform of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)...

The Ivory Coast's government on Thursday announced plans to hand over Charles Ble Goude , the former Ivory Coast Minister for Sports and Youth, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Ble Goude is accused of...

The UN Operation in the Ivory Coast (UNOCI) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for human rights (OHCHR) on Friday released a report documenting severe human rights violations occurring in the Ivory Coast....

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday dismissed the application for interim release by former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo . The pre-trial chamber has kept Gbagbo in detention since...

UN human rights expert Doudou Diene on Thursday stressed the importance of remembering the victims of the violent post-election crisis that gripped the West African nation of the Ivory Coast two years ago. The five-month long post-election...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday unsealed an arrest warrant for an Ivory Coast politician charged with four counts of crimes against humanity. Charles Ble Goude is accused of working with former Ivory Coast...

Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo , will be tried in an Ivory Coast court on charges of crimes against humanity, according to a government statement released Friday. In a...

The Ivory Coast Head of State granted bail on Monday to 14 allies of former president Laurent Ggabo in a publicized effort to reach peace. The Ggabo supporters were jailed in 2010 [JURIST...

Of the 139 states that signed the Rome Statute, 32 have not yet ratified the treaty. According to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties , a state that has signed but not ratified a treaty is obliged to...

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday gave prosecutors until November 15 to develop their evidence against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo . Ggabo is the first former head of...