A/HRC/38/44/Add.1 Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on her mission to Iraq** Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Historical and political context...................................................................................................... 3 III. Applicable law .............................................................................................................................. 4 A. International level ................................................................................................................. 4 B. National level ........................................................................................................................ 6 Conflict-related violations ............................................................................................................. 6 A. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ..................................................................................... 6 B. Government and affiliated forces.......................................................................................... 8 C. Coalition Forces .................................................................................................................... 9 D. Kurdistan region ................................................................................................................... 9 Other violations of the right to life ................................................................................................ 10 A. Killings of journalists and media professionals .................................................................... 10 B. Killings of women and girls (honour killings) ...................................................................... 10 C. Killings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons .................................... 11 Transitional justice ........................................................................................................................ 12 A. Accountability....................................................................................................................... 12 B. Documenting, investigating and preserving evidence of violations ..................................... 15 C. Certificates of absence .......................................................................................................... 16 D. Management of mass graves ................................................................................................. 17 Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 17 A. Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 17 B. Recommendations................................................................................................................. 18 IV. V. VI. VII. ** Circulated in the language of submission and Arabic only. 2