A/HRC/22/66 I. Introduction 1. This report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 20/19, in which the Council renewed the mandate of the Independent Expert for a period of one year and requested him to submit his report at its twenty-second session. 2. The report is based on the third visit of the Independent Expert [to Côte d’Ivoire] from 24 September to 12 October 2012. It covers the period from 15 July to 15 December 2012. It is based on information gathered from government, traditional and religious authorities, United Nations agencies, national and international non-governmental organizations and from witnesses and victims of human rights violations. In addition, it is based on the recommendations contained in the previous report of the Independent Expert, submitted to the Human Rights Council on 21 March 2012. 3. The Independent Expert would like to thank the Government of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire for facilitating his stay in the country and his meetings with national and local authorities. In this context, the Independent Expert met with the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State, the Minister of Interior, the Minister of Human Rights and Civil Liberties, the Deputy Minister of Defence, the Minister of Ex-combatants and War Victims, the Minister of Family, Women and Children, the Minister of Education and the Minister of Culture and Francophonie. The Independent Expert held one working session with the Director of the Office of the President of the Republic in order to share his initial reflections with high-level national authorities. 4. Moreover, the Expert met with the Public Prosecutor, the Military Prosecutor, the Director of the National Surveillance Directorate, the President of the Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, members of the National Human Rights Commission and the President of the National Commission of Inquiry. The Expert had a fruitful working session with the representatives of political parties such as the former President of the Republic; Henri Konan Bedié, president of the Parti démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI); Mamadou Koulibaly, president of Liberté et démocratie pour la République (LIDER); and officials from the Front populaire ivoirien (FPI) and the Congrès national de la résistance pour la démocratie (CNRD). 5. The Expert went far inside the country, in particular to Bouna, Boundiali, Divo, Duékoué, Katiola, Korhogo and Odienné, where he met with people who had been arrested in the context of the post-electoral crisis and with traditional and religious leaders. In all of these areas, the Expert met with the administrative, judicial and security authorities in order to gather their views on issues related to human rights, security and the administration of justice in their respective regions. In addition, he went to Yamoussoukro, where he participated in the 52nd ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. 6. The Expert met with representatives of national and international human rights organizations, women’s organizations, representatives of victims and representatives of brotherhoods of traditional hunters (Dozo) in Korhogo. The Expert visited the ruins of the site at Nahibly, which, until it was tragically destroyed on 20 July 2012, had sheltered displaced persons in Duékoué. He heard from camp survivors, as well as from a number of witnesses and victims of human rights violations. 7. In addition, he held working sessions with representatives of the diplomatic corps and with the Special Representative of the African Union for Côte d’Ivoire. He held substantive talks with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Albert Gerard Koenders, and his deputy, Arnaud Akodjenou. In addition, he participated in a meeting of the United Nations country team in Côte d’Ivoire, headed by 4 GE.13-10074