A/HRC/26/36 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 1 April 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns Summary The report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its Resolution 17/5, discusses the protection of the right to life during law enforcement and makes the case for the need for a concerted effort to bring domestic laws on the use of (especially lethal) force by the police in line with the international standards. The report suggests that the Council articulates the basic outline of the legal framework for the use of remotely piloted aircraft or armed drones and calls on the Council to remain engaged with the matter of autonomous weapons systems. GE.14-12820 *1412820*