“They looked at his identity card and shot him dead” Six months of post-electoral violence in Côte d’Ivoire 65 UN News Centre, Côte d’Ivoire: UN condemns firing at helicopter and killing of civilians, 29 march 2011, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?newsid=37925&cr=ivoire&cr1= (last accessed 17 may 2011). 51 See Annex 1 Amnesty International’s letter to Young Jin Choi, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire and the UNOCI’s answer. 52 53 Official letter from the Ivorian Minister of Justice and Human Rights, 4 April 2011. See Amnesty International’s report, Truth, justice and reparation: Establishing an effective truth commission, AI Index: POL 30/009/2007, 11 June 2007. 54 55 ICC, Widespread or systematic killings in Cote d’Ivoire may trigger OTP investigation, 6 April 2011, available at http://www.icccpi.int/menus/icc/structure%20of%20the%20court/office%20of%20the%20prosecutor/com m%20and%20ref/c%C3%B4te%20divoire/otpstatement060411?lan=en-GB (last accessed 17 May 2011). Despite the fact that Côte d’Ivoire has only signed, and not ratified, the Statute of Rome, in April 2003, Côte d'Ivoire made a declaration pursuant to Article 12 (3) of the Rome Statute recognizing the jurisdiction of the ICC over crimes committed in that country since 2002, a declaration that authorizes the Court to investigate any crimes committed since that date, and asked the ICC to determine whether crimes committed on the territory of Côte d’Ivoire since 19 September 2002 were under its jurisdiction. However, Laurent Gbagbo's government never authorised the ICC prosecutor to visit Côte d’Ivoire. A/HRC/RES/16/25, par.10. The President of the Human Rights Council appointed Vitit Muntabhorn (Chair), Suliman Baldo, and Reine Alapini Gansou, to the Commission of Inquiry on 12 April 2011. 56 57 Ibid par.11. 58 Ibid par.14. Index: AFR 31/002/2011 Amnesty International May 2011