E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.3
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Annex
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY
FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA
AND RELATED INTOLERANCE, MR. DOUDOU DIÈNE, ON HIS
MISSION TO CÔTE D’IVOIRE FROM 9 TO 21 FEBRUARY 2004
CONTENTS
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Introduction ................................................................................................
Page
1-4
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GENERAL OVERVIEW ...................................................................
5 - 21
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A. Ethno-demographic data ...............................................................
5
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B. Historical and political background ..............................................
6-8
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C. Economic situation .......................................................................
9 - 11
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D. Human rights background ............................................................
12 - 21
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1. Legislative framework ............................................................
12 - 16
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2. Situation of human rights: observations and allegations .......
17 - 21
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ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT .................................................
22 - 27
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A. The question of recognition of the existence of discrimination ...
22
9
B. Measures taken by the Government .............................................
23 - 27
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III. ALLEGATIONS ................................................................................
28 - 36
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IV. ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF
ETHNIC FACTORS IN THE IVORIAN CRISIS .............................
37 - 54
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A. Manipulation of ethnic factors for political
and ideological purposes ..............................................................
41 - 42
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B. “Ivoirité”: ethnicity as ideology ..................................................
43
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C. Political expressions of the dynamic of xenophobia ....................
44 - 50
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D. Ethnic isolationism .......................................................................
51
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E. The conflation of ethnicity, culture and religion ..........................
52 - 54
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V. RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................
55 - 67
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