months even after returning from being displaced. Residents of western Côte d’Ivoire told Human Rights Watch that soldiers are generally playing a neutral and detached role in land disputes.129 Human Rights Watch documented only one case of alleged land dispossession that implicated a member of the FRCI.130 Moreover, several Guérés described FRCI soldiers rebuffing Burkinabés when they tried to involve the soldiers in a village land dispute. They described the soldiers telling the parties to go to the sub-prefecture131— perhaps the ideal response, along with contacting the gendarmerie in cases of fraud. Indeed, several Guérés told Human Rights Watch that they had brought FRCI soldiers for protection when going to confront those allegedly occupying their land illegally.132 However, some Guérés in western Côte d’Ivoire said they remain afraid of “armed Burkinabés,” who Guéré residents say arrived right after the crisis, as well as the Dozos, a group of traditional hunters who fought with pro-Ouattara forces during the crisis and were implicated in serious crimes. In about half of the villages visited by Human Rights Watch around Duékoué and along the GuigloToulepleu axis, some Guéré residents said they continue to sleep in the village and travel out each day to their campement—often up to 10 kilometers each way—to work in the fields, returning before sundown each evening.133 They attributed their reluctance to sleep in the campement to the burning down of their houses there during the crisis and to fears that they might be targeted for violence if they remained in the forest overnight—particularly if they were in the midst of a land conflict. Human Rights Watch only documented two cases in 2013 in which a Guéré suffered an attack while traveling to or staying at their campement.134 In some dozen other cases, Guérés reported threats from those who they said were illegally occupying their land.135 More often, they said their fear was rooted in the continued omnipresence of arms and that progress in disarmament would greatly improve their sense of security. 129 Human Rights Watch interviews, western Côte d’Ivoire, February and June 2013. 130 Human Rights Watch interview with alleged victim of land dispossession by an illegal extension from previously owned land, Diahouin, February 12, 2013. 131 Human Rights Watch interviews, western Côte d’Ivoire, June 2013. 132 For example, Human Rights Watch interview with Diboké resident whose land was allegedly taken by force by armed Burkinabés, Diboké, June 6, 2013. 133 Human Rights Watch interviews, western Côte d’Ivoire, February and June 2013. 134 Human Rights Watch interview with victim of attack when returning from campement, Diahouin, February 12, 2013; and interview with victim of attack while at campement, Diboké, June 6, 2013. 135 Human Rights Watch interviews, western Côte d’Ivoire, February and June 2013. 47 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | OCTOBER 2013