A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/4/20 29 January 2007 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifth session Agenda item 2 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTIONS OF DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston* * The notes to the present report are contained in annex II and are circulated as received in the language of submission only. GE.07-10500 (E) 070207