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man in Ivory Coast sitting in front of a destroyed village — (Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images)

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Côte d’Ivoire: Thousands of Families Still Awaiting Support Measures After Forced Evictions in Abidjan

August 14, 2024

Civilian holds sign that says — AKUOT CHOL/AFP via Getty Images

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Regional human rights bodies struggle to uphold rights amid political headwinds in Africa

October 20, 2020

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo greets his legal team as he enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on January 15, 2019, where judges were expected to issue rulings on requests by Gbagbo and ex-government minister Charles Ble Goude to have their prosecutions thrown out for lack of evidence. – The International Criminal Court on January 15 acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo over post-electoral violence in the West African nation in a stunning blow to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Judges ordered the immediate release of the 73-year-old deposed strongman, the first head of state to stand trial at the troubled ICC, and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude. (Photo by Peter Dejong / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo credit should read PETER DEJONG/AFP/Getty Images)

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Cote d’Ivoire: Acquittal of Gbagbo and Blé Goudé a crushing disappointment to victims of post-election violence

January 15, 2019 | Cote d’Ivoire

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Côte d’Ivoire: Authorities must stop arbitrary arrests and ‘mobile detention’ of opposition supporters ahead of referendum

October 28, 2016 | Cote d’Ivoire

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Trial of former first lady Simone Gbagbo opens in Côte d’Ivoire

May 9, 2016 | Cote d’Ivoire

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Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms

February 22, 2016 | Child Marriage

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Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016

February 18, 2016 | Annual Report

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Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International

February 18, 2016 | Child Marriage

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State of the World 2014/2015

February 25, 2015

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Annual Report: Côte D’Ivoire 2013

May 17, 2013

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Communities Shattered by Arms Proliferation and Abuse in Cote d’Ivoire

March 19, 2013

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Countries Must Adopt Strong Arms Trade Treaty to Stop Contributing to the Use of Child Soldiers

February 11, 2013 | Child Soldiers