Côte d’Ivoire
12 April 2011
The UN Human Rights Council named three legal experts—Reine Alapini Gansou (Benin), Suliman Baldo (Sudan) and Vitit Muntabhorn (Thailand)—as members of its International Commission of Inquiry to investigate allegations of serious abuses and violations of human rights following the 28 November 2010 presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire.
12 April 2011
The UN High Commissier for Human Rights indicated that 530 people had been killed in western Côte d’Ivoire since the end of March 2011, in the towns of Duekoue, Guiglo, Blolequin and Bangolo.
12 April 2011
Gbagbo was moved from the Golf Hotel to a location in northern Côte d’Ivoire under the protection of UN troops.
11 April 2011
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Affairs Le Roy briefed the Security Council on the developments in Côte d’Ivoire.
11 April 2011
Gbagbo (together with his wife) surrendered to Ouatarra’s forces at the former’s residence. Gbagbo was subsequently detained at the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, under UN protection.
