A/HRC/30/34/Add.1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 17 August 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirtieth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination Addendum ** Mission to October 2014)* Côte d’Ivoire (7–10 Summary The Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination visited Côte d’Ivoire from 7 to 10 October 2014 at the invitation of the Government. In accordance with its mandate, the Working Group gathered information on mercenaries and mercenary-related activities as well as the effects of the activities of private military and security companies on the enjoyment of human rights. It met with the Ivorian authorities, as well as representatives from foreign embassies and civil society organizations, to discuss the positive initiatives that had taken place since the 2002 armed conflict and the post-election crisis in 2010.
United Nations A/HRC/30/34/Add.1 General Assembly Distr.: General 17 August 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirtieth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination Addendum Mission to Côte d’Ivoire (7–10 October 2014)* ** Summary The Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination visited Côte d’Ivoire from 7 to 10 October 2014 at the invitation of the Government. In accordance with its mandate, the Working Group gathered information on mercenaries and mercenary-related activities as well as the effects of the activities of private military and security companies on the enjoyment of human rights. It met with the Ivorian authorities, as well as representatives from foreign embassies and civil society organizations, to discuss the positive initiatives that had taken place since the 2002 armed conflict and the post-election crisis in 2010.
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