An African Union court Severely Damages Gbagbo’s Chances for Reelection

In order to contest his exclusion from running for president due to a criminal past, Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Ivory Coast from 2000 until his overthrow in 2011, went to the continental court.

Even though the International Criminal Court cleared Gbagbo of crimes against humanity, he remains convicted in Ivory Coast for the bloody post-election crisis that brought an end to his government. Gbagbo had claimed that the Ivorian authorities had infringed his rights in the appeal to the African Court on Human and People’s Rights.

However, the court decided that the 80-year-old had not shown enough proof to support his claim. You are not alone, Gbabgbo. For legal reasons, financier Tidjane Thiam and former prime minister Guillaume Soro have also been barred from the October presidential election. Since Abidjan does not acknowledge the African Union court’s authority, the decision—even if it had been in Gbabgbo’s favor—would not have had much of an impact.

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