Reports

Current situation and background Hundreds of Ivorians have been killed and thousands more displaced in fighting in the north, centre and west of the Ivory Coast since September 2002 after a failed attempted coup. Some 2,500 French troops are currently…

A new 51 page report from African Rights Rwanda's gacaca justice project has been launched nation-wide and, seven months after pilot gacaca trials started, a careful review of the system is possible. In African Rights' 51-page report: Gacaca Justice: A…

Despite the ongoing volatile environment, lack of security and obstacles to safe humanitarian access in all parts of the country, UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire continues its efforts to assist children and women affected by the Ivory Coast crisis. UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire…

URGENT NEEDS IN HEALTH, EDUCATION AND CHILD PROTECTION Over 26,000 returnees and refugees from Côte d'Ivoire require urgent relief assistance More expected to cross into Liberia as uncertainty deepens Regional instability threatens the survival of the Liberian children US$ 11.8…

(Near Verbatim) YOUSEF HAMDAN CHIEF OF PUBLIC INFORMATION Good morning and welcome to today's briefing. I'm pleased to welcome our guest, David Hecht, Public Relations Officer for the Special Court. He will give you an update on the work of…

The United Nations humanitarian envoy for the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire arrived in Abidjan today armed with her mandate to focus international attention on the crisis unfolding in the country, and to ensure that all affected populations - including…

S/2003/52 Letter dated 16 January 2003 from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to thank the…

African Rights Working for Justice African Rights questions plans by the Government of Rwanda to release around 30-40,000 genocide detainees on bail. Announced in a Presidential communiqué on 1 January 2003, we fear that this unexpected decision will undermine efforts to…

SC/7634, AFR/543 Following is the press statement made today on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Jean-Marc de la Sablière: The membersof the Council called on all Congolese parties to implement without delay the Pretoria agreement of 17…

I. Summary Throughout the armed conflict in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2001, thousands of women and girls of all ages, ethnic groups, and socioeconomic classes were subjected to widespread and systematic sexual violence, including individual and gang rape, and…