Report to the General Assembly

The report of Philip Alston as Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, to the UN General Assembly has been released:

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (A/62/265)

This report discusses his mission to the Philippines, his aborted mission to Guinea, and his work on the situation in Darfur.

The report also reviews the mandate’s development over its first 25 years. In this context, it surveys the mandate’s contributions in four specific areas:

• Confronting problematic innovations in counter-terrorism tactics
• Assisting in the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons
• Holding armed groups and other non-State actors to account for human rights abuses
• Developing effective working methods to fulfil the mandate

This report will be presented to the General Assembly in late October.