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Summary or Arbitrary Executions

A/RES/39/110No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 1983–1995
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/49/191
  • 1995A/RES/49/191Summary or arbitrary executionsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1993A/RES/47/136Summary or arbitrary executionsCompare with previous version
  • 1991A/RES/45/162Summary or arbitrary executionsCompare with previous version
  • 1990A/RES/44/159Summary or arbitrary executionsCompare with previous version
  • 1989A/RES/43/151Summary or arbitrary executionsCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Extralegal ExecutionsReport PreparationSummary Executions

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Strongly deplores the large number of summary or arbitrary executions, including extra-legal executions, which continue to take place in various parts of the world;
2
Welcomes Economic and Social Council resolutions 1982/35 of 7 May 1982, in which the Council decided to appoint for one year a special rapporteur to examine the questions related to summary or arbitrary executions, and 1983/36 of 26 May 1983, in which it decided to continue the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for another year;
3
Also welcomes Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/35 of 24 May 1984, in which the Council decided to continue the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. S. A. Wako, for a further year and requested the Commission on Human Rights to consider the question of summary or arbitrary executions as a matter of high priority at its forty-first session;
4
Appeals to all Governments to co-operate with and assist the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights in the preparation of his report;
5
Requests the Special Rapporteur, in carrying out his mandate, to respond effectively to information that comes before him, in particular when a su111mary or arbitrary execution is imminent or threatened;
6
Considers that the Special Rapporteur, in carrying out his mandate, should continue to seek and receive information from Governments, United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council;
Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary assistance to the Special Rapporteur so that he may effectively carry out his mandate;
Again requests the Secretary-General to continue to use his best endeavours in cases where the minimum standard of legal safeguards provided for in articles 6, 14 and 15 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights91 appear not to be respected;
9
Requests the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-first session, on the basis of the report of the Special Rapporteur to be prepared in conformity with Economic and Social Council resolutions 1982/35, 1983/36 and 1984/35, to make recommendations concerning appropriate action to combat and eventually eliminate the practice of summary or arbitrary executions.
10 I st plenary meeting
14 December 1984

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