Accord de Cessation des Hostilités

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Country/entity: Cote d'Ivoire
Region: Africa (excl MENA)
Agreement name: Accord de Cessation des Hostilités
Date: 17 Oct 2002
Agreement status: Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement: Yes
Agreement/conflict level: Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Ivorian Civil War (2002 - 2011)
The Ivorian civil war broke out in 2002 over the disqualification of Alassane Ouattara from the predominantly Muslim north for the presidential elections due to his missing “Ivoirity”. This concept, politically enforced by nationalist forces around President Laurent Ggagbo in the South of the country and in the capital Abidjan, demanded that both parents of a presidential candidate had to be born in Cote D’Ivoire. Despite several agreements and French military involvement the fighting continued until 2005, when a South African mediation attempt – and the qualification of the national football squad for the World Cup in 2006 – helped to end the fighting. The situation remained unstable even with a UN peacekeeping force in place. Renewed fighting broke out after the presidential elections in 2010 where Ouattara was allowed to run, but he lost the elections under unclear circumstances and perceptions of fraud. Finally, Ggagbo was arrested in April 2011 by French-backed forces supporting Ouattara.
Stage: Ceasefire/related
Conflict nature: Government
Peace process: Cote D'Ivoire: peace process
Parties: For the coordination of the rebel forces and the MPCI (Patriotic Movement of Côte d’Ivoire, political branch of the rebellion, ndlr): Adjutant Tuo Fozié.
For the current president of CEDEAO, Mr Abdoulaye WADE: Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Third parties: In the presence of the executive secretary of CEDEAO, Mohamed Ibn Chambas.
Description: A planned proposal to regulate the crises through a ceasefire.

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Groups

Children/youth: No specific mention.
Disabled persons: No specific mention.
Elderly/age: No specific mention.
Migrant workers: No specific mention.
Racial/ethnic/national group: No specific mention.
Religious groups: No specific mention.
Indigenous people: No specific mention.
Other groups: No specific mention.
Refugees/displaced persons: No specific mention.
Social class: No specific mention.

Gender

Women, girls and gender: No specific mention.
Men and boys: No specific mention.
LGBTI: No specific mention.
Family: No specific mention.

State definition

Nature of state (general): No specific mention.
State configuration: No specific mention.
Self determination: No specific mention.
Referendum: No specific mention.
State symbols: No specific mention.
Independence/secession: No specific mention.
Accession/unification: No specific mention.
Border delimitation: No specific mention.
Cross-border provision: No specific mention.

Governance

Political institutions (new or reformed): No specific mention.
Elections: No specific mention.
Electoral commission: No specific mention.
Political parties reform: No specific mention.
Civil society: No specific mention.
Traditional/religious leaders: No specific mention.
Public administration: No specific mention.
Constitution: No specific mention.

Power sharing

Political power sharing: No specific mention.
Territorial power sharing: No specific mention.
Economic power sharing: No specific mention.
Military power sharing: No specific mention.

Human rights and equality

Human rights/RoL general: No specific mention.
Bill of rights/similar: No specific mention.
Treaty incorporation: No specific mention.
Civil and political rights: No specific mention.
Socio-economic rights: No specific mention.

Rights related issues

Citizenship: No specific mention.
Democracy: No specific mention.
Detention procedures: No specific mention.
Media and communication: No specific mention.
Mobility/access: No specific mention.
Protection measures: No specific mention.
Other: No specific mention.

Rights institutions

NHRI: No specific mention.
Regional or international human rights institutions: No specific mention.

Justice sector reform

Criminal justice and emergency law: No specific mention.
State of emergency provisions: No specific mention.
Judiciary and courts: No specific mention.
Prisons and detention: No specific mention.
Traditional Laws: No specific mention.

Socio-economic reconstruction

Development or socio-economic reconstruction: No specific mention.
National economic plan: No specific mention.
Natural resources: No specific mention.
International funds: No specific mention.
Business: No specific mention.
Taxation: No specific mention.
Banks: No specific mention.

Land, property and environment

Land reform/rights: No specific mention.
Pastoralist/nomadism rights: No specific mention.
Cultural heritage: No specific mention.
Environment: No specific mention.
Water or riparian rights or access: No specific mention.

Security sector

Security Guarantees: No specific mention.
Ceasefire: Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
Côte d’Ivoire, planned proposal to regulate the crisis (Dakar, October 8, 2002):
1- CEDEAO obtains from the rebel forces a declaration of cessation of hostilities and agreement to enter into dialogue with the government.
2- Pending the implementation of the CEDEAO plan, the rebel forces and the government forces undertake to remain in their present positions. The rebel forces commit to the re-establishment of administrative services and normal supplies to the towns.
3- CEDEAO obtains from the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, a declaration attesting to the cessation of hostilities and their agreement to enter into dialogue on the part of the rebel forces. In this declaration the government in turn announces the cessation of hostilities and its agreement to enter into dialogue.
4- A delegation of the Ivorian government and a delegation of the rebel forces meets in a town in Côte d’Ivoire to begin negotiations, with the participation of the CEDEAO contact group and in the presence of representatives of the international community
Police: No specific mention.
Armed forces: Page 1,
3- CEDEAO obtains from the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, a declaration attesting to the cessation of hostilities and their agreement to enter into dialogue on the part of the rebel forces. In this declaration the government in turn announces the cessation of hostilities and its agreement to enter into dialogue.
DDR: No specific mention.
Intelligence services: No specific mention.
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces: Page 1,

1- CEDEAO obtains from the rebel forces a declaration of cessation of hostilities and agreement to enter into dialogue with the government.
2- Pending the implementation of the CEDEAO plan, the rebel forces and the government forces undertake to remain in their present positions. The rebel forces commit to the re-establishment of administrative services and normal supplies to the towns.
Withdrawal of foreign forces: No specific mention.
Corruption: No specific mention.
Crime/organised crime: No specific mention.
Drugs: No specific mention.
Terrorism: No specific mention.

Transitional justice

Transitional justice general: No specific mention.
Amnesty/pardon: No specific mention.
Courts: No specific mention.
Mechanism: No specific mention.
Prisoner release: No specific mention.
Vetting: No specific mention.
Victims: No specific mention.
Missing persons: No specific mention.
Reparations: No specific mention.
Reconciliation: No specific mention.

Implementation

UN signatory: No specific mention.
Other international signatory: In the presence of the executive secretary of CEDEAO, Mohamed Ibn Chambas.
Referendum for agreement: No specific mention.
International mission/force/similar: Page 1,

4- A delegation of the Ivorian government and a delegation of the rebel forces meets in a town in Côte d’Ivoire to begin negotiations, with the participation of the CEDEAO contact group and in the presence of representatives of the international community.
Enforcement mechanism: No specific mention.
Related cases: No specific mention.
Source: http://peacemaker.un.org/

Cessation of Hostilities Agreement of October 17, 2002

Côte d’Ivoire, planned proposal to regulate the crisis (Dakar, October 8, 2002):

1- CEDEAO obtains from the rebel forces a declaration of cessation of hostilities and agreement to enter into dialogue with the government.

2- Pending the implementation of the CEDEAO plan, the rebel forces and the government forces undertake to remain in their present positions.

The rebel forces commit to the re-establishment of administrative services and normal supplies to the towns.

3- CEDEAO obtains from the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, a declaration attesting to the cessation of hostilities and their agreement to enter into dialogue on the part of the rebel forces.

In this declaration the government in turn announces the cessation of hostilities and its agreement to enter into dialogue.

4- A delegation of the Ivorian government and a delegation of the rebel forces meets in a town in Côte d’Ivoire to begin negotiations, with the participation of the CEDEAO contact group and in the presence of representatives of the international community.

Done at Bouaké, October 17, 2002

Signatories:

For the coordination of the rebel forces and the MPCI (Patriotic Movement of Côte d’Ivoire, political branch of the rebellion, ndlr): Adjutant Tuo Fozié.

For the current president of CEDEAO, Mr Abdoulaye WADE:

Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In the presence of the executive secretary of CEDEAO, Mohamed Ibn Chambas.

The present agreement enters into force on Thursday October 17 at midnight (00.00)