A/HRC/26/36 10. On 26 December 2013, he issued a joint press release to express serious concern about lethal drone airstrikes, allegedly conducted by United States forces in Yemen, that resulted in civilian casualties. 11. The Special Rapporteur also issued additional joint statements with other mandate holders on the death penalty. D. International and national meetings 12. On 3 and 4 October 2013, the Special Rapporteur participated in the Expert Meeting on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Assemblies and Protest held at the University of Pretoria, South Africa and co-organized by the Geneva Academy. 13. On 22 October 2013, he delivered a Statement on Lethal Autonomous Robots at an event organized by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in New York. 14. On 25 October 2013, he jointly organized a side event on the theme “Drones and the Law” in New York. 15. On 29 October 2013, he participated in an event on drone strikes and targeted killings co-hosted by New York University and the Open Society Institute. 16. On 2 December 2013, he attended a seminar organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests. 17. From 3 to 5 December 2013, he took part in an Expert Meeting on Drones and Robots under international law organized by the Geneva Academy in partnership with UNIDIR, held in Divonne, France. 18. On 6 December 2013, he participated in the “Alkarama Award” prize-giving ceremony, held in honour of a Yemeni journalist, Abdulelah Haider, in Geneva. 19. The Special Rapporteur took part in an Expert Meeting on transparency and the death penalty organized by International Commission against the Death Penalty on 21 January 2014. 20. From 24 to 25 February 2014, he delivered a paper on lethal autonomous robots at the conference organized by Chatham House in London. 21. On 27 February 2014, the Special Rapporteur organized an Expert Meeting on the Use of Force by Law Enforcement Officials, held in Geneva, Switzerland. The purpose of the meeting was to inform the present report. II. Protecting the right to life in law enforcement: The need for domestic law reform A. Background and rationale 22. Law enforcement officials worldwide play an important role in protecting society from violence, enforcing justice, and securing the rights of people. (Law enforcement officials are also referred to as ��the police” in this report for short, but the term includes all officers of the law who exercise police powers, especially the powers of arrest or detention, 4