amnesty international is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in more than 150 countries and territories who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights. our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal declaration of human rights and other international human rights standards. We are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion and are funded mainly by our membership and public donations. first published in 2011 by amnesty international ltd peter Benenson house 1 easton street london Wc1x 0dW United kingdom © amnesty international 2011 index: afr 31/002/2011 english original language: french printed by amnesty international, international secretariat, United kingdom all rights reserved. This publication is copyright, but may be reproduced by any method without fee for advocacy, campaigning and teaching purposes, but not for resale. The copyright holders request that all such use be registered with them for impact assessment purposes. for copying in any other circumstances, or for reuse in other publications, or for translation or adaptation, prior written permission must be obtained from the publishers, and a fee may be payable. To request permission, or for any other inquiries, please contact copyright@amnesty.org Cover photo: one of the hundreds of people unlawfully killed since the beginning of the conflict following the november 2010 contested presidential election. people were often executed only on the grounds of their ethnicity or presumed political affiliation. © amnesty international Back cover photo: a woman looks at the remains of a body in the carrefour district of duékoué, where forces supporting president alassane ouattara rampaged through the compounds on 29 march 2011 looking for Guérés. Women and girls were made to leave, and hundreds of men were executed. © amnesty international amnesty.org