A/HRC/24/59
The mission concluded that, during the conflict, both parties had engaged in
summary executions and extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture and looting
of private and public property. The Séléka also engaged in sexual violence and grave
violations against children. On the basis of the information collected by the mission, those
acts constitute gross human rights violations and may amount to war crimes.
After 24 March 2013, gross violations of international human rights law, such as
summary executions, sexual violence, recruitment of children and looting of property,
including hospitals, schools and churches, committed by the Séléka continued unabated.
On the basis of the findings of the mission and on the current situation in the Central
African Republic, the High Commissioner is gravely concerned at the gravity and intensity
of human rights violations in the country and at the persistent and prevailing legal and
security vacuum in which these crimes are committed. The High Commissioner addresses
recommendations to the transitional government, the international community and the
Human Rights Council to resolve the crisis, address insecurity, protect human rights, fight
impunity and promote national reconciliation.
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