Human Rights Council
Resolution 8/3.
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,
summary or arbitrary executions
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees the right
to life, liberty and security of person, and the relevant provisions of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Having regard to the legal framework of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on
extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, including the provisions contained in
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1992/72 of 5 March 1992 and
General Assembly resolution 47/136 of 18 December 1992,
Welcoming the universal ratification of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August
1949, which alongside human rights law provide an important framework of
accountability in relation to extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions,
Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March
2006,
Recalling Council resolutions 5/1 on institution-building of the Human Rights
Council and 5/2 on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate-holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate-holder shall discharge his or her
duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
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