The former chief of investigations for the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone, Alan White, called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute leaders of the Forces Nouvelles over alleged atrocities committed during the Ivory Coast civil war.
Highlighting the need for the ICC to uphold equal justice in the Ivory Coast, White stated,
“All we are looking for is to ensure there is a balanced investigation and a balanced prosecution. Quite frankly that is one of the areas right now that the country of Ivory Coast is struggling from is the face that there is not a sense of justice.”
Though Human rights Watch , Amnesty International and the United Nations have outlined and documented the atrocities committed by the Forces Nouvelles, the leader of the faction is currently Ivory Coast’s speaker of parliament.
