Accord de Cessez-le-Feu

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Country/entity
Cote d'Ivoire
Region
Africa (excl MENA)
Agreement name
Accord de Cessez-le-Feu
Date
3 May 2003
Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Ivorian Civil War (2002 - 2011) )
Stage
Ceasefire/related
Conflict nature
Government
Peace process
Cote D'Ivoire: peace process
Parties
For FANCI
General Mathias Doué
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

For the new forces
Colonel Michel Gueu
Minister of Sport and Leisure
Third parties
-
Description
The national armed forces (FANCI) and the new forces (forces nouvelles) reaffirm commitments previously made: immediate and definitive end to hostilities, acceptance of deployment of impartial forces (Miceci, Licorne) within a designated zone, and to allow for the free movement of people, goods, humanitarian agents, economic operators and the redeployment of administration. The signing parties agree to not recruit or employ child soldiers, mercenaries and non-Ivoirians, not to infiltrate and attack military units or armed groups, not to threaten the territorial integrity and human dignity, not to pillage or traffic and not to incite hate, discrimination, division or violence.

Agreement document
CI_030503_Accord de cessez-le-feu_tr.pdf | Download PDF
Agreement document (original language)
CI_030503_Accord de cessez-le-feu.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Children/youth
Groups→Children/youth→Substantive
Page 1, Paragraph 5
Undertake to refrain from the following activities which represent violations of the present agreement:
- the recruitment and deployment of child soldiers, mercenaries or persons without Ivoirian nationality, outside the framework of the agreements regularly agreed by the Ivoirian State
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)
Page 2
The signatory parties consider that the scrupulous respect of this agreement is an essential condition for the implementation of the peace process, which should lead to the rapid restoration of the authority of the State throughout the national territory, re-establishing the integrity of the national territory and to a return to normal life in Côte d’Ivoire.
State configuration
Page 1, Paragraph 5
Undertake to refrain from the following activities which represent violations of the present agreement:
...
- attacks on the integrity of the national territory and on human dignity;

Page 2
The signatory parties consider that the scrupulous respect of this agreement is an essential condition for the implementation of the peace process, which should lead to the rapid restoration of the authority of the State throughout the national territory, re-establishing the integrity of the national territory and to a return to normal life in Côte d’Ivoire.
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
Page 1, Paragraph 4
Undertake to do everything necessary to enable the free circulation of persons, goods, commercial enterprises and humanitarian agencies, as well as the redeployment of the administration in the best conditions of general security conditions possible throughout the national territory;
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
Page 1, UNTITLED PREAMBLE
...
- Anxious to end the suffering of the Ivorian people and to prohibit any acts which contravene international humanitarian law.

Page 1, Paragraph 5
Undertake to refrain from the following activities which represent violations of the present agreement:
...
- attacks on the integrity of the national territory and on human dignity;
...
- any incitement to hatred, discrimination, division and violence.
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
Rights related issues→Media and communication→Media roles
Page 1, Paragraph 5
...
- any incitement to hatred, discrimination, division and violence.
Mobility/access
Page 1, Paragraph 4
Undertake to do everything necessary to enable the free circulation of persons, goods, commercial enterprises and humanitarian agencies, as well as the redeployment of the administration in the best conditions of general security conditions possible throughout the national territory;
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
Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Socio-economic development
Page 1, UNTITLED PREAMBLE
...
- Wishing to re-establish and secure the administrative and economic space in Côte d’Ivoire as soon as possible.
National economic plan
No specific mention.
Natural resources
No specific mention.
International funds
No specific mention.
Business
Page 1, Paragraph 4
Undertake to do everything necessary to enable the free circulation of persons, goods, commercial enterprises and humanitarian agencies, as well as the redeployment of the administration in the best conditions of general security conditions possible throughout the national territory;
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
Page 1, Paragraph 4
Undertake to do everything necessary to enable the free circulation of persons, goods, commercial enterprises and humanitarian agencies, as well as the redeployment of the administration in the best conditions of general security conditions possible throughout the national territory;
Ceasefire
Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
[The whole agreement provides for a ceasefire and all its modalities including the reaffirmation of existing commitments. The agreement is effective from Sunday May 4 2003 at 00:00 and is presumed to be permanent.]
Police
No specific mention.
Armed forces
Page 1, Paragraph 5
Undertake to refrain from the following activities which represent violations of the present agreement:
...
- infiltration, circulation and attacks by military units and armed groups;
DDR
No specific mention.
Intelligence services
No specific mention.
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
Page 1, Paragraph 5
Undertake to refrain from the following activities which represent violations of the present agreement:
...
- infiltration, circulation and attacks by military units and armed groups;
Withdrawal of foreign forces
Page 1, Paragraph 5
Undertake to refrain from the following activities which represent violations of the present agreement:
- the recruitment and deployment of child soldiers, mercenaries or persons without Ivoirian nationality, outside the framework of the agreements regularly agreed by the Ivoirian State
Corruption
No specific mention.
Crime/organised crime
Page 1, Paragraph 5
...- acts of pillage and trafficking;
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
Page 1, UNTITLED PREAMBLE
...
- Conscious that the persistence of confrontations in Côte d’Ivoire represents a major obstacle to the process of peace and reconciliation.

Implementation

UN signatory
No specific mention.
Other international signatory
No specific mention.
Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
International mission/force/similar
Page 1, Paragraph 3
Accept the redeployment of the impartial forces (Miceci, Licorne) inside the zone of confidence determined by mutual agreement between the signatories;
Enforcement mechanism
No specific mention.
Related cases
No specific mention.
Source
Peace African Union, http://www.peaceau.org/uploads/ivoire-cease-fire-03-05-2003.pdf

Full text of the ceasefire agreement

In accordance with the provisions in the final communiqué of the Kara summit in Togo, organised on April 26, 2003.

Conscious that the persistence of confrontations in Côte d’Ivoire represents a major obstacle to the process of peace and reconciliation.

Anxious to end the suffering of the Ivorian people and to prohibit any acts which contravene international humanitarian law.

Wishing to re-establish and secure the administrative and economic space in Côte d’Ivoire as soon as possible.

The National Armed Forces of Côte d’Ivoire (Forces armées de Côte d'Ivoire, FANCI) and the new forces reaffirm their existing commitments:

Agree to an immediate and definitive end to hostilities throughout the national territory and in particular in the Ivorian Grand Ouest;

Undertake throughout the national territory to refrain from committing any hostile acts or undertaking any activities which may constitute a violation of the present agreement;

Accept the redeployment of the impartial forces (Miceci, Licorne) inside the zone of confidence determined by mutual agreement between the signatories;

Undertake to do everything necessary to enable the free circulation of persons, goods, commercial enterprises and humanitarian agencies, as well as the redeployment of the administration in the best conditions of general security conditions possible throughout the national territory;

Undertake to refrain from the following activities which represent violations of the present agreement:

the recruitment and deployment of child soldiers, mercenaries or persons without Ivoirian nationality, outside the framework of the agreements regularly agreed by the Ivoirian State;

infiltration, circulation and attacks by military units and armed groups;

attacks on the integrity of the national territory and on human dignity;

acts of pillage and trafficking;

any incitement to hatred, discrimination, division and violence.

The signatory parties consider that the scrupulous respect of this agreement is an essential condition for the implementation of the peace process, which should lead to the rapid restoration of the authority of the State throughout the national territory, re-establishing the integrity of the national territory and to a return to normal life in Côte d’Ivoire.

This agreement is effective from Sunday May 4, 2003, at 00.00 hours TU.

Done at Abidjan, May 3, 2003

For FANCI

General Mathias Doué

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

For the new forces

Colonel Michel Gueu

Minister of Sport and Leisure