A/HRC/44/38 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 15 August 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fourth session 15 June–3 July 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, Political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Use of armed drones for targeted killings Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions*, ** Summary The present report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnès Callamard, is submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolution 35/15. In it, the Special Rapporteur addresses the issue of targeted killings using armed drones, particularly in light of the proliferation in the use of drones and their expanding capability over the past five years, and makes recommendations designed to regulate their use and enhance accountability. * The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments. ** The annex to the present report is reproduced as received, in the language of submission only. GE.20-10777(E) 