Reuters - The Commission on Human Rights to the UN on Friday gave its approval for the shipment to Côte d'Ivoire for an independent commission to investigate the violence.
The intergovernmental body composed of 47 States and based in Geneva, approved the resolution submitted by Nigeria on behalf of African countries.
The assessment of post-election violence prepared by the High Commissioner for Human Rights UN reports of 462 deaths.Nearly a million people have fled further Abidjan, as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
According to a spokesman of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, an investigation is underway regarding allegations of the death of 200 Africans from Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Guinea and Togo, around the town of Guiglo, located in western Côte d'Ivoire.
Alassane Ouattara was declared winner of the second round of the presidential election four months ago by an independent commission Ivorian whose results were certified by the UN. Laurent Gbagbo, named winner of the election by the Constitutional Council, refuses to cede power.
