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arrest. He was evacuated to Abidjan, where he stayed for three months for medical
treatment. The most difficult detention conditions were encountered at the Compagnie
territoriale de Korhogo (CTK) in Korhogo where former senior Forces de défense et de
sécurité (FDS) officers are held. They live in cramped conditions in small, extremely
dilapidated and unhygienic cells. They do not receive any visits from family members. At
Abidjan Detention and Correction Centre (MACA), 180 persons are detained on charges of
jeopardizing State security, including 99 military personnel.
75.
On 10 November 2012, the Human Rights Division of UNOCI was able to visit
Commander Séka Yapo at the National Surveillance Directorate. Commander Séka Yapo
has been detained incommunicado at an unidentified location since his arrest on 15 October
2011. He has never received a family visit or a visit from his lawyer. He has been unwell
and was admitted to a clinic in Abidjan. He expressed the wish to have access to his lawyer,
who is in France.
V.
Conclusions and recommendations
A.
Conclusions
76.
The democratic, economic and social reconstruction of Côte d’Ivoire forms
part of a process the scope and significance of which must be measured against the
long crisis that caused a culture of violence to predominate in society and profoundly
disrupted the country’s political, economic and social institutions. Two existential
issues continue to trouble the collective consciousness, namely, the root causes of the
crisis and anxiety about the possibility of reconciliation.
77.
The three fundamental aspects of the crisis — its moral depths, its political
source and its social impact — must be considered together and in terms of the
following major challenges: democratic, economic and social reconstruction; the
promotion of a national political ethic; the restoration of community life; and the
eradication of the culture of violence. The democratic reconstruction taking place at
the institutional level is being held back by entrenched political polarization and the
lack of progress in establishing genuine political pluralism, in particular by the nonparticipation of the main opposition party, the FPI, in the permanent framework for
dialogue.
78.
The urgency of the need for political reconciliation and for democratic,
economic and social reconstruction is made stronger by the crisis in Mali, the political,
military, religious and economic implications of which could destabilize all countries
in the region profoundly and in the long term. A multicultural, democratic,
egalitarian society that respects human rights is the best defence against this new peril
that is fuelled by violence, intolerance and discrimination.
B.
1.
Recommendations
Recommendations to the Government
79.
The Independent Expert recommends that the Government of Côte d’Ivoire
should give the highest priority to boosting the democratic process, promoting human
rights and consolidating the economic and social reconstruction [process]. The
Government must sustain its momentum despite the current attempts to destabilize
the security situation, the objective of which is precisely to derail the process.
GE.13-10074
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