No further developments observed.
Amnesty – 2014
No further developments observed.
Amnesty – 2013
No further developments observed.
Amnesty – 2012
No further developments observed.
Amnesty – 2011
No further developments observed.
Amnesty – 2010
No further developments observed.
Amnesty – 2009
No further developments observed.
Amnesty – 2008
The amnesty law was passed and implemented in 2007. Thus there are no further developments.
Amnesty – 2007
The Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) specified that the parties to the accord agreed to extend the scope of the amnesty law passed in 2003 and agreed to adopt a new amnesty law covering crimes committed between 17 September 2000 and the date of the Ouagadougou accord. The accord’s proposed amnesty law, however, did not cover economic crimes, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
As provided for in the accord, a new amnesty law was unveiled on 12 April 2007 that pardoned all Ivoirians living in the country and abroad who had committed crimes and offences related to national security. The law covered the time period between 17 September 2000 and 4 March 2007, when the accord was signed. The new amnesty law excluded economic crimes, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.1 Sixty-one civilian and military prisoners (40 civilians and 21 military personnel) who had committed crimes related to national security were set free on 7 June 2007 as a result of the new amnesty law.2
Reintegration – 2015
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2219 extending the arms embargo on Cote d’Ivoire; the Council noted that it would “review the sanctions regime before the end of next April with a view of further modifying or lifting all or part of the remaining measures in light of progress in security reform, reintegration of former combatants, reconciliation and the fight against impunity. It stressed the importance, in that context, of holding peaceful and credible elections, as planned for October 2015.”3