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Annual reports

The Special Rapporteur, pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Economic and Social Council and the Commission on Human Rights, has annually submitted a report to the Commission on Human Rights. These reports contain a description of his/her activities and working methods, summaries of communications between the Special Rapporteur and Governments and, if appropriate, observations on the situation of the right to life in specific countries. Moreover, the Special Rapporteur includes in his report a general analysis of the phenomenon of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, as well as conclusions and recommendations in this respect. The report is publicly discussed by the Commission on Human Rights at its annual session, a discussion in which representatives of both Governments and non-governmental organizations actively participate and which so far has always led to the adoption of a resolution on the subject. Reports on country visits are usually presented to the annual session of the Commission on Human rights as addenda to the main annual reports. In 1996, for the first time, the Commission invited the Special Rapporteur to submit a report to the General Assembly (see table below) on the situation worldwide with regard to summary or arbitrary executions and his recommendations to combat the phenomenon. (Fact Sheet N.11)

Reports to the Human Rights Council (HRC)/Commission on Human Rights (CHR)

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Year	Document number	Title
2020 44th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/44/38 E F S A C R	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (targeted killings through armed drones and the case of Iranian General Quassem Soleimani)
2019 41st session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/41/36 E F S A C R	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (investigation, accountability and prevention of intentional state killings of human rights defenders, journalists and prominent dissidents)
	A/HRC/41/36 E	Annex to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Investigation into the unlawful death of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi
	A/HRC/41/36/Add.1 E	Addendum - Observations on communications
2018 38th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/38/44 E Advance Unedited Version	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (armed non-State actors: the protection of the right to life)
	A/HRC/38/44/Add.1 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to Iraq
	A/HRC/38/44/Add.2 E F S A C R	Addendum – Mission to El Salvador
	A/HRC/38/44/Add.3 E only	Addendum - Observations on communications
	A/HRC/38/44/Add.4 A/E	Addendum - Mission to Iraq (comments by the State)
	A/HRC/38/44/Add.5 S only	Addendum - Mission to El Salvador (comments by the State)
2017 35th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/35/23 E F S A C R	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Gender-sensitive approach to arbitrary killings)
	A/HRC/35/23/Add.1 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to Honduras
	A/HRC/35/23/Add.2 E	Addendum - Observations on communications
	A/HRC/35/23/Add.3 S	Addendum - Mission to Honduras (comments by the State)
2016 32nd session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/32/39 E F S A C R	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (the right to life and the use of force by private security providers in law enforcement contexts)
	A/HRC/32/39/Add.1 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to Ukraine
	A/HRC/32/39/Add.2 E F S A C R	Addendum - Follow up to country recommendations - Mexico
	A/HRC/32/39/Add.3 E	Addendum - Observations on communications
	A/HRC/32/39/Add.4 E	Addendum - Revision of the United Nations Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions
	A/HRC/32/39/Add.5 E	Addendum - Mission to Ukraine (comments by the State)
	A/HRC/32/39/Add.6 S	Addendum - Follow-up to country recommendations - Mexico (comments by the State)
2016 31st session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/31/66 E F S A C R	Joint compilation report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on practical recommendations for the proper management of assemblies, based on best practices and lessons learned
2015 29th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/29/37 E F S A C R	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Use of information and communications technologies to secure the right to life)
	A/HRC/29/37/Add.1 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to Papua New Guinea
	A/HRC/29/37/Add.2 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to the Gambia
	A/HRC/29/37/Add.3 E F S A C R	Addendum - Follow up to country recommendation - India
	A/HRC/29/37/Add.4 E F S A C R	Addendum - Follow up to country recommendations - Turkey
	A/HRC/29/37/Add.5 E	Addendum - Observations on communications
	A/HRC/29/37/Add.6 E	Addendum - Mission to the Gambia (comments by the State)
	A/HRC/29/37/Add.7 E	Addendum - Follow-up to country recommendations - Turkey (comments by the State)
2014 26th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/26/36 E F S A C R	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Protection of the right to life during law enforcement - the need for domestic law reform; Remotely piloted aircraft or armed drones and emerging autonomous weapons systems)
	A/HRC/26/36/Add.1 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to Mexico
	A/HRC/26/36/Add.2 E/F/S only	Addendum - Observations on communications
	A/HRC/26/36/Add.3 E/S only	Addendum - Mission to Mexico (comments by the State)
2013 23rd session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/23/47 E F S A C R	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Lethal autonomous robotics and the protection of life)
	A/HRC/23/47/Add.1 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to India
	A/HRC/23/47/Add.1/Corr.1 E F S A C R	Corrigendum
	A/HRC/23/47/Add.2 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to Turkey
	A/HRC/23/47/Add.3 E F S A C R	Addendum - Follow up to country recommendations - Ecuador
	A/HRC/23/47/Add.4 E F S A C R	Addendum - Follow up to country recommendations - Albania
	A/HRC/23/47/Add.5 EFS only	Addendum - Observations on communications
	A/HRC/23/47/Add.6 E only	Mission to Turkey (comments by the State)
	A/HRC/23/47/Add.7 E only	Mission to India (comments by the State)
2012 20th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/20/22 E F S A C R	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Protection of the right to life of journalists)
	A/HRC/20/22/Corr.1 E F S A C R	Corrigendum
	A/HRC/20/22/Add.1 E F S A C R	Addendum - Follow-up to the mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
	A/HRC/20/22/Add.2 E F S A C R	Addendum - Follow-up to the mission to Colombia
	A/HRC/20/22/Add.2/Corr.1 E	Corrigendum
	A/HRC/20/22/Add.3 E F S A C R	Addendum - Follow-up to the mission to the United States of America
	A/HRC/20/22/Add.4 E F S	Addendum - Observations on communications
2011 17th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/17/28 E F S A C R	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Protecting the right to life in the context of policing assemblies)
	A/HRC/17/28/Add.1 EFS	Addendum - Communications to and from Governments
	A/HRC/17/28/Add.2 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to Ecuador
	A/HRC/17/28/Add.3 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to Albania
	A/HRC/17/28/Add.4 E F S A C R	Addendum - Follow-up country recommendations - Kenya
	A/HRC/17/28/Add.5 E F C R	Addendum - Preliminary note on the follow-up to country recommendations: United States of America
	A/HRC/17/28/Add.6 E C R	Addendum - Follow-up to country recommendations: Afghanistan
2010 14th session of the Human Rights Council (June 2010)	A/HRC/14/24 E F S A C R	Report of the SR on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Review of issues addressed and research undertaken; Future research)
	A/HRC/14/24/Add.1 E F S	Addendum - Communications to and from Governments
	A/HRC/14/24/Add.2 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to Colombia
	A/HRC/14/24/Add.3 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
	A/HRC/14/24/Add.4 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to Brazil (Follow-up)
	A/HRC/14/24/Add.5 E F A C R	Addendum - Mission to the Central African Republic
	A/HRC/14/24/Add.6 E	Addendum - Study on targeted killings
	A/HRC/14/24/Add.7 E F S A C R	Addendum - Election - related violence and killings
	A/HRC/14/24/Add.8 E	Addendum - Study on police oversight mechamisms
	A/HRC/14/24/Add.9 E	Addendum - Mission to Albania
2009 11th session of the Human Rights Council (June 2009)	A/HRC/11/2 E F S A C R	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Responding to reprisals against individuals assisting the Special Rapporteur in his work; Upholding the prohibition against the execution of juvenile offenders; The killing of witches; The use of lethal force in the process of policing public assemblies)
	A/HRC/11/2/Add.1 E F S	Addendum – Communications to and from Goverments
	A/HRC/11/2/Add.2 E F S A C R	Addendum- Mission to Brazil
	A/HRC/11/2/Add.3 E F S A C R	Addendum – Mission to Central African Republic
	A/HRC/11/2/Add.4 E F S A C R	Addendum – Mission to Afghanistan
	A/HRC/11/2/Add.5 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to the United States of America
	A/HRC/11/2/Add.6 E F S A C R	Addendum - Mission to Kenya
	A/HRC/11/2/Add.7 E F S A C R	Addendum - Follow-up to the mission to Guatemala
2008 8th session of the human rights council	A/HRC/8/3	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Role of national commissions of inquiry in impunity for extrajudicial executions; Right to seek pardon or commutation of a death sentence; Prisoners running prisons)
	A/HRC/8/3/Corr.1	Addendum - Corrigendum
	A/HRC/8/3/Add.2 E F A	Addendum - Mission to Philippines
	A/HRC/8/3/Add.3	Addendum - Follow up to country recommendations (Sri Lanka and Nigeria)
	A/HRC/8/3/Add.4	Addendum - Mission to Brazil
	A/HRC/8/3/Add.5	Addendum - Preliminary note mission to Central African Republic
	A/HRC/8/3/Add.6	Addendum - Mission to Afghanistan
2007 4th session of the Human Rights Council (March 2007)	A/HRC/4/20	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions (Mr. Philip Alston) (The mandate of the Special Rapporteur in armed conflicts; Imposing the death penalty only for the “most serious crimes”; The prohibition of the mandatory death penalty)
	A/HRC/4/20/Add.1	Communications to and from Governments
	A/HRC/4/20/Add.2	Mission to Guatemala
	A/HRC/4/20/Add.3	Mission to the Philippines
2006 62nd session CHR	E/CN.4/2006/53	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Mr. Philip Alston)
	E/CN.4/2006/53/Add.1	Communications to and from Governments
	E/CN.4/2006/53/Add.2	Follow-up to country recommendations
	E/CN.4/2006/53/Add.3	Report on transparency on the death penalty
	E/CN.4/2006/53/Add.4	Mission to Nigeria
	E/CN.4/2006/53/Add.5	Mission to Sri Lanka
2005 61st session CHR	E/CN.4/2005/7 E/CN.4/2005/7/Corr.1	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
	E/CN.4/2005/7/Add.1	Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received
	E/CN.4/2005/7/Add.2	Mission to the Sudan
2004 60th session CHR	E/CN.4/2004/7 E/CN.4/2004/7/Corr.1	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
	E/CN.4/2004/7/Add.1	Summary or arbitrary executions - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial. Summary of cases transmitted and replies received
	E/CN.4/2004/7/Add.2	Mission to Jamaica
	E/CN.4/2004/7/Add.3	Mission to Brazil
2003 59th session CHR	E/CN.4/2003/3	Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Report of the Special Rapporteur
	E/CN.4/2003/3/Add.1	Summary or arbitrary executions - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial. Summary of cases transmitted and replies received
	E/CN.4/2003/3/Add.2	Mission to Honduras
	E/CN.4/2003/3/Add.3	Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
	E/CN.4/2003/3/Add.4	Mission to Afghanistan
2002 58th session CHR	E/CN.4/2002/74	Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions - Report of the Special Rapporteur
	E/CN.4/2002/74/Add.1	Mission to Turkey
	E/CN.4/2002/74/Add.2	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions - Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received
2001 57th session CHR	E/CN.4/2001/9/Corr.1	Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions - Report of the Special Rapporteur
	E/CN.4/2001/9/Add.1	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received
	E/CN.4/2001/9/Add.2	Mission to Nepal
2000 56th session CHR	E/CN.4/2000/3	Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions - Report of the special rapporteur
	E/CN.4/2000/3/Add.1	Extrajudicial and summary executions - Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received
	E/CN.4/2000/3/Add.2	Mission to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania
	E/CN.4/2000/3/Add.3	Mission to Mexico
1999 55th session CHR	E/CN.4/1999/39	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
1999 55th session CHR	E/CN.4/1999/39/Add.1	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: country situations
1998 54th session CHR	E/CN.4/1998/68	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
	E/CN.4/1998/68/Add.1	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Country situations
	E/CN.4/1998/68/Add.2	Mission to Sri Lanka
	E/CN.4/1998/68/Add.3	Mission to the United States of America
1997 53rd session CHR	E/CN.4/1997/62	Report of Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Nigeria
	E/CN.4/1997/60	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
	E/CN.4/1997/60/Add.1	Report of the Special Rapporteur on the extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: country situations
1996 52nd session CHR	E/CN.4/1996/4	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: country situations
	E/CN.4/1996/4/Add.1	Mission to Burundi
	E/CN.4/1996/4/Add.2	Mission to Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville
1995 51st session CHR	E/CN.4/1995/61	Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur: Country situations
	E/CN.4/1995/61/Add.1	Mission to Indonesia and East Timor
	E/CN.4/1995/7	Mission to Rwanda
	E/CN.4/1995/111	Mission to Colombia
1994 50th session CHR	E/CN.4/1994/7	Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur. Country situations
1994 50th session CHR	E/CN.4/1994/7/Add.2	Mission to Peru
1993 49th session CHR	E/CN.4/1993/46	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Country situations
1992 48th session CHR	E/CN.4/1992/30 *	Summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur
1992 48th session CHR	E/CN.4/1992/30/Add.1 *	Mission to Zaire
1991 47th session CHR	E/CN.4/1991/36 *	Summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur
1990 46th session CHR	E/CN.4/1990/22 *	Summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur
1990 46th session CHR	E/CN.4/1990/22/Add.1 *	Mission to Colombia
1989 45th session CHR	E/CN.4/1989/25 *	Summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur
1988 44th session CHR	E/CN.4/1988/22 *	Summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur
1987 43rd session CHR	E/CN.4/1987/20 *	Summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur
1986 42nd session CHR	E/CN.4/1986/21 *	Summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur
1985 41st session CHR	E/CN.4/1985/17 *	Summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur
1984 40th session CHR	E/CN.4/1984/29 *	Summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur
1983 39th session CHR	E/CN.4/1983/16 *	Summary or arbitrary executions: Report by the Special Rapporteur
1983 39th session CHR	E/CN.4/1983/16/Add.1 * E/CN.4/1983/Add.1/Corr.1	Summary or arbitrary executions: Communications from Governments

Reports to the GA

Document number	Title
A/75/384 (Advanced unedited version)	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Human rights standards and possible steps towards the respectful and lawful handling of mass graves)
A/74/318	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary Executions (Application of the death penalty to foreign nationals and the provision of consular assistance by the home State)
A/73/314	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Saving lives is not a crime)
A/72/335	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (unlawful death of refugees and migrants)
A/71/372	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions to the 71st session of the General Assembly: Review and update of some of the issues considered between 2010-2016
A/70/304	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (the role of forensics investigations in protecting the right to life; the application of the death penalty to foreign nationals)
A/69/265	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (the role of regional human rights systems; less lethal and unmanned weapons in law enforcement; resumptions of the death penalty; and the role of statistical indicators)
A/68/382 and Corrigendum	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Armed drones and the right to life)
A/67/275	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Restrictions on the death penalty)
A/66/330	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Protection of the right to life in the context of arrests)
A/65/321	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (New technologies and human rights fact-finding, targeted killings and accountability, and extrajudicial executions and robotic technologies)
A/64/187	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Vigilante killings and mob justice)
A/63/313	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (The role of witness protection in ending the cycle of impunity for extrajudicial executions; Making military justice systems human rights compatible)
A/61/311	Interim report on the worldwide situation in regard to extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
A/59/319	Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
A/57/138	Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
A/55/288	Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
A/54/660	Situation of human rights in East Timor
A/53/337	Note by the Secretary-General on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
A/51/457	Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
A/51/538/Add.1	The situation of human rights in Nigeria
A/51/538	Joint report on the situation of human rights in Nigeria of the Special Rapporteurs on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and on the independence of judges and lawyers