• What are the current fees associated with obtaining a land certificate and, ultimately, a land title registered with the cadastre? Has the government considered reducing these fees, so as to make the process for obtaining these documents more affordable for people in rural Côte d’Ivoire? • What is the government’s position on the type of rights held by non-Ivorian nationals who often paid substantial sums of money for land prior to the passage of the 1998 law on rural land tenure? How did the 1998 land law affect the types of land rights that these immigrants have, particularly when they paid per hectare for land? Do they have ownership rights, or a long-term lease or rental agreement? We thank you again for the openness that your government has shown in engaging on human rights issues, and we look forward to your response on the important matters raised in this letter. If you have any questions, please contact us by email at wellsm@hrw.org or by fax at: +1212-736-1300. Once again, your response by September 6 would allow Human Rights Watch to further incorporate the government’s perspective into our report. Thank you. Sincerely, Matt Wells West Africa researcher Human Rights Watch Corinne Dufka Director, West Africa Human Rights Watch CC – Minister of Interior, Hamed Bakayoko CC – Minister of Justice, Human Rights, and Public Liberties, Gnénéma Coulibaly CC – Minister of Agriculture, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly CC – Chief of Staff to the President, Marcel Amon Tanoh CC – Advisor in charge of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the President, Mamadou Diané 101 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | OCTOBER 2013