SOGI UN keywords Archives: Extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Communications to and from Governments, A/HRC/14/24/Add.1,18 June 2010: Indonesia
Indonesia: Concern over legislation imposing the death penalty for non-serious crimes Violation alleged: Non-respect of international standards on safeguards and restrictions relating to the imposition of capital punishment Subject(s) of appeal: Group concern Character of reply: No response Observations of the Special Rapporteur: The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Indonesia has failed to […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, A/HRC/14/24, 20 May 2010
III. REVIEW OF ISSUES ADDRESSED AND RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN F. The death penalty 52. In the death penalty context it has also been necessary to address the relationship between international legal obligations and sharia law or Islamic criminal law as applied in some countries. Specifically, reports have discussed stoning, the illegality of the death penalty for […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, A/HRC/14/24/Add.2, 31 March 2010: Colombia
VII. ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE GROUPS 74. Important targets of unlawful killings by both Colombian State forces and IAGs have historically included human rights defenders, trade unionists, proponents of women’s, victims’ and minority rights, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals or people with physical or mental disabilities. Statistics about the number of unlawful killings of people in […]
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/4/37/Add.1, 27 March 2007: Jamaica
Communications sent 386. On 9 December 2005, the Special Representative together with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions sent an allegation letter concerning Lenford ‘Steve’ Harvey, Jamaica Aids Support for Life, an organization dedicated to preserving the dignity and rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS and providing education on related issues. According […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Mission to Guatemala, A/HRC/4/20/Add.2, February 19, 2007
Page 2 Today, a number of violent phenomena afflict Guatemala, including social cleansing, the rapidly rising killing of women, lynching, the killing of persons for their sexual identity or orientation, the killing of human rights defenders, and prison violence. In some cases, the State bears direct responsibility. There is strong evidence that some acts of […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, A/HRC/4/20, January 29, 2007
II. ACTIVITIES A. Communications 8. A very brief statistical profile of the communications sent during the period under review shows that 135 communications were sent to 51 countries and 2 other actors (including 44 urgent appeals and 75 letters of allegation and 16 communications following up on previous correspondence) concerning a total of more than […]