A/HRC/RES/S-14/1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 4 January 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Fourteenth special session 23 December 2010 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council S-14/1. Situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire in relation to the conclusion of the 2010 presidential election The Human Rights Council, Recalling the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights instruments, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Recalling further Council resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007, Bearing in mind the resolutions and declarations adopted by international, regional and subregional organizations on the elections that took place in Côte d’Ivoire, in relation to the conclusion of the 2010 presidential election, Acknowledging also the communiqué of the 252nd and 254th meetings of the African Union Peace and Security Council of 9 December and 21 December 2010, respectively, and the final communiqué on the Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States on Côte d’Ivoire of 7 December 2010, Deeply concerned about the atrocities and violations of human rights committed in Côte d’Ivoire in relation to the conclusion of the 2010 presidential election, Also deeply concerned at the humanitarian consequences of the current situation, 1. Strongly condemns human rights violations that have taken place in Côte d’Ivoire, including abductions, enforced or involuntary disappearances, arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, acts of sexual violence, denial of right to peaceful assembly, the loss of lives and the acts of destruction of property that occurred in different parts of Côte d’Ivoire in relation to the conclusion of the 2010 presidential election; 2. Calls upon all the relevant parties to immediately put an end to all human rights violations in Côte d’Ivoire and to fully respect all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law; GE.11-10153