Mandate: Appointed UN Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights (Bertrand Ramacharan) to establish the facts and responsibilities on alleged atrocities, which were committed on 25 and 26 March 2004 in Abidjan.

Staff: 3 members

Report submitted to UN Security Council and recommends prosecutions, reforms, and the establishment of a TRC.

Update October 2007: In May 2004, the Security Council asked the Secretary-General to establish, as soon as possible, an international commission of inquiry, as recommended by the commission of inquiry of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and requested by the Ivorian Government, in order to investigate all human rights violations committed in the country since 19 September 2002, and determine responsibility. This International Commission of Inquiry was established by the OHRCH, in Accordance with the Linas Marcousis Accord (agreement on power sharing and peace settlement negotiated in France ) in July 2004, for 3 months, with a staff of 5 members.