REQUEST N° 2014-107 Pays/Territoire Côte d'Ivoire Type de cour Nationale - cour supérieure Date Mar 25, 2015 Source UNEP, InforMEA Nom du tribunal Supreme Court Siège de la cour Abidjan Numéro de référence No. 2014-107 Langue Français Sujet Terre et sols Mot clé Responsabilité/indemnisation Populations autochtones Mise en application Accord international-texte Résumé In this case, the Ministry of Environment has taken a decree ordering the eviction of all the lands in protected areas that are illegally occupied by civil populations. The decree has been implemented during a joint operation from the army and from the police who also destroyed the plantations of the neighbouring village of Kouamé Kouassikro.The farmers of the Kouame Kouassikro sued the Ministry of Environment in front of the Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court on the basis that the eviction was not legal and asked for damages for the destruction of their plantations. The Supreme Court considered that the decree could not be challenged because it has already been implemented and that it was not competent to decide on the damages because the demand should be made through a civil procedure. Texte intégral REQUETE N° 2014-107 REP DU 06 JUIN 2014.pdf Site web www.consetat.ci