NEW : The former president 's initial court appearance is scheduled for Monday . Comment: A three-party coalition says it will boycott the elections . `` The ICC is playing its part to show that even those at the highest levels of power can not escape justice when implicated in grave crimes , '' Elise Keppler , senior international justice counsel at Human Rights Watch , said in a statement . Gbagbo is `` the first former head of state taken into ICC custody , '' Human Rights Watch says .
NEW : The former president 's initial court appearance is scheduled for Monday . Comment: A three-party coalition says it will boycott the elections . Gbagbo is `` the first former head of state taken into ICC custody , '' Human Rights Watch says .