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Traoré et al. v. Ivory Coast

Reference: CCPR/C/103/D/1759/2008

Decision Year: 2011.10.30

Information Source: Organisation Mondiale contre la Torture (OMCT)

According to the Victim or his/her Counsel:

Committee’s assessment 130th session (CCPR/C/130/3):

  • (a) Investigation and punishment of those responsible: D;
  • (b) Providing the author with detailed information about the investigation: D;
  • (c) Release, or return of the remains, of the victims: D;
  • (d) Reparation and adequate compensation: D;
  • (e) Non-repetition: D.

Committee’s decision: Follow-up dialogue ongoing. The Committee will request a meeting with a representative of the State party during one of the future sessions of the Committee.

Committee's assessment 125th session (CCPR/C/125/3): 

  • (a) Ensuring a thorough and diligent investigation into the torture and ill-treatment suffered by the author and his cousins and into the enforced disappearance of the author’s cousins, as well as the prosecution and punishment of those responsible: D
  • (b) Providing the author with detailed information on the results of its investigation: D
  • (c) Providing reparation, including in the form of adequate compensation: D

Committee’s decision: Follow-up dialogue ongoing, pending receipt of the State party’s observations.

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Keywords:

  • Conditions of detention Effective remedy Right to life Torture / ill-treatment

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Implementation

Committee’s assessment 130th session (CCPR/C/130/3):

  • (a) Investigation and punishment of those responsible: D;
  • (b) Providing the author with detailed information about the investigation: D;
  • (c) Release, or return of the remains, of the victims: D;
  • (d) Reparation and adequate compensation: D;
  • (e) Non-repetition: D.

Committee’s decision: Follow-up dialogue ongoing. The Committee will request a meeting with a representative of the State party during one of the future sessions of the Committee.

Committee's assessment 125th session (CCPR/C/125/3): 

  • (a) Ensuring a thorough and diligent investigation into the torture and ill-treatment suffered by the author and his cousins and into the enforced disappearance of the author’s cousins, as well as the prosecution and punishment of those responsible: D
  • (b) Providing the author with detailed information on the results of its investigation: D
  • (c) Providing reparation, including in the form of adequate compensation: D

Committee’s decision: Follow-up dialogue ongoing, pending receipt of the State party’s observations.

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