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AljazeeraIvory Coast's president has said that Laurent Gbagbo, the country's captured former leader, will face criminal charges at both national and international levels.
Alassane Ouattara, the country's internationally-backed president, said on Wednesday that he would ask the International Criminal Court to investigate reported mass killings carried out in the west of the coutry amid the political crisis.
The United Nations, which has peacekeepings troops in Ivory Coast and oversaw the elections in November, has appointed a team of human rights experts to investigate alleged rights abuses.
The UN Human Rights Council said on Tuesday that the team would be led by Vitit Muntabhorn, a Thai law professor who previously served as the special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea.
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