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Amnesty International on Friday urged authorities in Côte d’Ivoire to compensate the 133 farmers who have lost their livelihoods after being forcefully evicted from the Gesco Rivière site in Abidjan last year, emphasizing that authorities must comply with human rights standards.
The rights group stated that when authorities demolished multiple neighborhoods in Abidjan last year, including the Agro-Past Ebury association’s farms and fishponds, they did not provide the association with prior consultation or notice of the eviction process. Moreover, the authorities reportedly did not offer the residents the proper options for compensation or alternative housing. Amnesty International noted that the demolition and evictions resulted in the loss of the farmers’ and their employees’ sources of income and drove them into poverty. Consequently, their children were reportedly deprived of the right to education.
Despite promises in March 2024 to pay 250,000 FCFA (around €372) per household as a part of support measures, the Ivorian authorities have not followed through with the compensation. Amnesty International’s Interim Regional Director for West and Central Africa Marceau Sivieude emphasized that the compensation should be implemented in accordance with national and international human rights standards without any more delay.
The authorities can legally carry out the eviction of residents from certain areas in unavoidable cases but must comply with international human rights standards. Côte d’Ivoire has an international duty to ensure the right to property, the right to education, and the right to economic, social, and cultural development under Articles 14, 17, and 22 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR), respectively. Under Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the authorities must also ensure the right to adequate housing & standard of living.
According to Guillaume Ballé Zilé, the president of the farmers’ Agro-Past Eburny association, the inhabitants had been residing in the 4.6 hectares area of land since 2011 when a state-owned company granted permission to create an agro-pastoral infrastructure.
The process of eviction was suspended in November 2024, but the Ministry of Animal Production and Fisheries Resources has not addressed the issue at the Yopougon town hall or the Autonomous District of Abidjan. The authorities in Abidjan planned the operations to demolish 176 sites, including the Gesco, Boribana, Banco 1, and Abattoir, due to the notable risk of flooding.
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The rights group stated that when authorities demolished multiple neighborhoods in Abidjan last year, including the Agro-Past Ebury association’s farms and fishponds, they did not provide the association with prior consultation or notice of the eviction process. Moreover, the authorities reportedly did not offer the residents the proper options for compensation or alternative housing. Amnesty International noted that the demolition and evictions resulted in the loss of the farmers’ and their employees’ sources of income and drove them into poverty. Consequently, their children were reportedly deprived of the right to education.
Despite promises in March 2024 to pay 250,000 FCFA (around €372) per household as a part of support measures, the Ivorian authorities have not followed through with the compensation. Amnesty International’s Interim Regional Director for West and Central Africa Marceau Sivieude emphasized that the compensation should be implemented in accordance with national and international human rights standards without any more delay.
The authorities can legally carry out the eviction of residents from certain areas in unavoidable cases but must comply with international human rights standards. Côte d’Ivoire has an international duty to ensure the right to property, the right to education, and the right to economic, social, and cultural development under Articles 14, 17, and 22 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR), respectively. Under Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the authorities must also ensure the right to adequate housing & standard of living.
According to Guillaume Ballé Zilé, the president of the farmers’ Agro-Past Eburny association, the inhabitants had been residing in the 4.6 hectares area of land since 2011 when a state-owned company granted permission to create an agro-pastoral infrastructure.
The process of eviction was suspended in November 2024, but the Ministry of Animal Production and Fisheries Resources has not addressed the issue at the Yopougon town hall or the Autonomous District of Abidjan. The authorities in Abidjan planned the operations to demolish 176 sites, including the Gesco, Boribana, Banco 1, and Abattoir, due to the notable risk of flooding.
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