A/HRC/8/3 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1-4 3 II. ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................ 5 - 11 3 A. Communications ......................................................................... 5-7 3 B. Visits ........................................................................................... 8 - 11 4 III. ISSUES OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE ..................................... 12 - 87 5 Role of national commissions of inquiry in impunity for extrajudicial executions ......................................................... 12 - 58 5 B. Right to seek pardon or commutation of a death sentence ......... 59 - 67 19 C. Prisoners running prisons ............................................................ 68 - 88 23 IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................... 89 - 92 30 A.