United Nations
General Assembly
A/HRC/35/23/Add.1
Distr.: General
11 April 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6-23 June 2017
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 on his mission to Honduras
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of
the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on his official
visit to Honduras from 23 to 27 May 2016. In the report, the Special Rapporteur presents
his main findings, including comments on the situation of violence in the country, the most
frequently targeted groups, the policy and legal framework for the protection of the right to
life and the lack of systematic accountability for violations of that right.
The Special Rapporteur makes recommendations to all parties involved, the
Government, the international community and civil society for the prevention of unlawful
killings and better protection of the right to life.
GE.17-05801(E)
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