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class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/21/statement-human-rights-council-human-rights-situation-c-te-divoire">Statement at the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Côte d'Ivoire</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 20, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Oral statement</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>In his first report, the Independent Expert highlights important ongoing problems related to criminality, the continued usurping of state functions by the Republican Forces in certain regions, and the need to end impunity in order to restore the rule of law.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126222708im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_CDI_RedCross.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/11/justice-c-te-d-ivoire">Justice in Côte d’Ivoire</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Impact</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Late in the afternoon on November 29, former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo was removed from his prison cell in the dusty northern town of Korhogo and served with an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC). He was then put aboard a plane to The Hague, where he now faces four counts of crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, and persecution.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126222708im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_CDI_Gbagboarrest.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/11/29/c-te-d-ivoire-gbagbo-s-icc-transfer-advances-justice">Côte d’Ivoire: Gbagbo’s ICC Transfer Advances Justice</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 29, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The transfer of former President Laurent Gbagbo to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for his alleged role in international crimes during Côte d’Ivoire’s devastating post-election violence is a major step toward ensuring justice. Human Rights Watch called on the ICC prosecutor to move swiftly on investigations for grave crimes committed by forces allied with the current president, Alassane Ouattara.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126222708im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_CDI_RedCross.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/03/c-te-d-ivoire-icc-judges-ok-investigation">Côte d’Ivoire: ICC Judges OK Investigation</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 3, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The International Criminal Court (ICC) judges took a major step to ensure justice for victims in Côte d’Ivoire by authorizing the ICC prosecutor to open an investigation into crimes committed in the country’s devastating post-election violence.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/23/c-te-d-ivoire-icc-prosecutor-seeks-investigation">Côte d’Ivoire: ICC Prosecutor Seeks Investigation</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 23, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has taken a significant step toward ensuring that those responsible for grave crimes committed in Côte d'Ivoire are held to account, Human Rights Watch said today.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/21/letter-african-union-chairperson-jean-ping-17th-au-summit">Letter to African Union Chairperson Jean Ping on the 17th AU Summit</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 21, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Letter</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126222708im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_CotedIvoire_OuattaraOath.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/05/19/c-te-d-ivoire-impartial-justice-top-task-ouattara">Côte d’Ivoire: Impartial Justice Top Task for Ouattara</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 19, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Alassane Ouattara should act promptly to make sure that those responsible for grave crimes in Côte d’Ivoire over the past dozen years are credibly brought to account, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to him. Ouattara is to be inaugurated as president on May 21, 2011.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222708/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/05/16/letter-president-ouattara-recommendations-his-new-administration">Letter to President Ouattara on Recommendations to his New Administration</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 16, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Letter</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> 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