Summary or Arbitrary Executions

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1995	A/RES/49/191	Summary or arbitrary executions	1,029	—
1993	A/RES/47/136	Summary or arbitrary executions	—	—
1991	A/RES/45/162	Summary or arbitrary executions	—	—
1990	A/RES/44/159	Summary or arbitrary executions	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/151	Summary or arbitrary executions	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Extralegal Executions Report Preparation Summary Executions

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Recalling the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,90 which states that every human being has the right to life, liberty and security of person and that everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal,

Having regard to the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,91 which states that every human being has the inherent right to life, that this

right shall be protected by law and that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life,

Recalling also its resolution 34/ I 7 5 of 17 December 1979, in which it reaffirmed that mass and flagrant violations of human rights are of special concern to the United Nations and urged the Commission on Human Rights to take timely and effective action in existing and future cases of mass and flagrant violations of human rights,

Recalling further its resolution 36/22 of 9 November 1981, in which it condemned the practice of summary or arbitrary executions, and its resolutions 37/182 of 17 December 1982 and 38/96 of 16 December 1983,

Deeply alarmed at the occurrence on a large scale of summary or arbitrary executions, including extra-legal executions,

Recalling resolution 1982/ I 3 of 7 September I 982 of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,92 in which the Sub-Commission recommended that effective measures should be adopted to prevent the occurrence of summary or arbitrary executions,

Taking note of the work done by the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control in the area of summary or arbitrary executions, including the elaboration of minimum legal guarantees and safeguards to prevent recourse to such extra-legal executions,93 to be considered by the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, to be held from 26 August to 6 September 1985,

Convinced of the need for appropriate action to combat and eventually eliminate the practice of summary or arbitrary executions, which represents a flagrant violation of the most fundamc:ntal human right, the right to life,

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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

89 A/39/447.

91 See resolution 2200 A (''<Xl), annex. 90 Resolution 217 A (Ill).

92 See E/CN.4/1983/4-E/CN.4/Sub.2/l 982143 and Corr. I, chap. XXI,

93 See Official Records <>(the Economic and Social Council, 1984, Supplesect. A.

ment No. 6 (E/1984/16), chap. VII.

q 4 lhid, Supp/emell/ /It> 4 (E/1984/14 and Corr.I), chap. 11, sect. A.

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