A/HRC/41/36
Recommendations to Turkey
89.
Turkey should:
(a)
Officially request the Office of the Secretary-General to implement a
follow-up criminal investigation and fully collaborate with the process;
(b)
Conduct a public inquest into the killing of Mr. Khashoggi, releasing the
information and evidence at its disposal;
(c)
Erect a statue representing freedom of the press in front of the Saudi
consulate (the Special Rapporteur has been able to ascertain that there is enough
space for such a statue). Alternatively, as was attempted in Washington, D.C., rename
the street where the consulate is located in honour of Mr. Khashoggi;
(d)
Take all necessary measures to implement related recommendations of
the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of
opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment and the Working Group on Enforced or
Involuntary Disappearances, following their respective missions to Turkey in 2016
and subsequently. Those include dropping all charges against journalists, academics
and others targeted for the peaceful expression of their opinions;
(e)
Reply exhaustively to the request of the Director General of UNESCO
for information on the steps taken in response to the execution of Mr. Khashoggi, in
accordance with the IPDC Decisions on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of
Impunity and UNESCO General Conference resolution 53 of 2011.
Recommendations to the United States of America
90.
The United States should:
(a)
Open an investigation to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation into the execution of Mr. Khashoggi, if one is not already open, and
pursue criminal prosecutions within the United States, as appropriate;
(b)
Provide a determination under section 1263 (d) of the Global Magnitsky
Human Rights Accountability Act of 2016 as to the responsibility of the Crown Prince
of Saudi Arabia, as well as the relevant information documenting how the
Administration reached that determination;
(c)
Hold hearings within the United States Congress to determine the
responsibility of high-level Saudi officials, and demand access to the underlying
classified materials;
(d)
To the greatest extent possible consistent with national security,
declassify and release to the public all materials relating to the murder of Mr.
Khashoggi, including all intercepts.
Recommendations to Member States
91.
Member States should:
(a)
Support international statements, calls or resolutions that seek to ensure
or strengthen accountability for the execution of Mr. Khashoggi;
(b)
Take the necessary measures to establish their competence to exercise
jurisdiction over the execution of Mr. Khashoggi under international law when the
alleged offender(s) is present in any territory under their jurisdiction, unless they
extradite or surrender the alleged offender to another State in accordance with their
international obligations or surrender the alleged offender(s) to an international
tribunal which has jurisdiction over the alleged offences;
(c)
Adopt legislation for designating and sanctioning individuals, including
high-level State officials, against whom there is credible evidence that they are
responsible for, or have benefited from, human rights violations, including the killing
of Mr. Khashoggi;
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