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Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-Legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions

E/RES/1989/65View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1989.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 topics
Extralegal ExecutionsInformation DisseminationInternational InstrumentsPrinciplesPublicationsSignatures, Accessions, RatificationsSummary ExecutionsTraining and Research Institutions

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
1
Recommends that the Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions annexed to the present resolution should be taken into account and respected by Governments within the framework of their national legislation and practices, and should be brought to the attention of law enforcement and criminal justice officials, military personnel, lawyers, members of the executive and legislative bodies of the Governments and the public in general;
2
Requests the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control to keep the above recommendations under constant review, taking into account the various socio-economic, political and cultural circumstances in which extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions occur;
3
Invites Member States that have not yet ratified or acceded to international instruments that prohibit extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,[107] the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights[107] and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,[113] to become parties to these instruments;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to include the Principles in the United Nations publication entitled Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments;
5
Requests the United Nations regional and interregional institutes for the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders to give special attention in their research and training programmes to the Principles, and to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials,[102] the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power[100] and other international instruments relevant to the question of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions.

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