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
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