A/HRC/35/23/Add.2 I. Introduction 1. The present report contains observations by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on communications sent between 1 March 2016 and 28 February 2017 and responses received from States and other actors between 1 May 2016 and 30 April 2017. The report, including its statistics and analysis, does not provide an overview of all violations to the right to life occurring in the reporting period, only of those addressed in the communications sent by the Special Rapporteur during that period. 2. During the period under review, the Special Rapporteur sent 98 communications to 45 States and one other actor. 92 communications were sent jointly with other mandates, while six communications were sent by this mandate alone. Of all communications sent, 63 were urgent appeals and 30 were allegation letters. 3. The Special Rapporteur received responses to 39 out of 98 communications sent within the reporting period. She thanks all Governments who have replied to communications for their cooperation. 59 of the communications are yet to be responded to. In this period, the Special Rapporteur also received replies to 11 previous communications, i.e. sent prior to the reporting period, for which she is grateful. This means that the overall timely response rate for communications sent by this mandate was approximately 40 per cent, six per cent lower compared to the previous reporting period. This rate is significantly lower than the system-wide reply rate for special procedures communications (55 per cent in 2016). Moreover, it should be noted that some of the responses included in this number are also purely procedural in nature. 4. In its resolution 26/12, the Human Rights Council urged States “[t]o cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of his or her tasks, to supply all necessary information requested by him or her and to react appropriately and expeditiously to his or her urgent appeals, and those Governments that have not yet responded to communications transmitted to them by the Special Rapporteur to do so without further delay”. Therefore, the Special Rapporteur reiterates her appeal to all Governments to respond to communications in a timely manner so as to cooperate with her mandate efficiently in accordance with Human Rights Council Resolution 26/12. 5. This report compiles in two tables the correspondence sent and received during the period under review: Tabulation (A) of cases transmitted and replies received to communications sent during the reporting period, and Tabulation (B) of cases transmitted to States concerning alleged violations of death penalty safeguards. At the end of each tabulation, the Special Rapporteur offers her observations on the communications sent and the replies received during the reporting period. 6. The full text of each communication sent and reply received during the reporting period can be found in the online communications database, available at: https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/Tmsearch/TMDocuments. II. Tabulation (A) of cases transmitted and replies received to communications sent during the reporting period 7. In Tabulation (A) all communications have been grouped by country, with countries listed alphabetically according to their names in English. Each communication is referenced as urgent appeal (UA), allegation letter (AL), joint urgent appeal (JUA) or joint allegation letter (JAL). This is followed by the date of transmission of the communication, the case number and, when applicable, the reply by the Government or non-State actor. 3