SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS TO VISIT JAMAICA

7 February 2003




The Commission on Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Asma Jahangir, will visit Jamaica from 17 to 27 February 2003.

During her visit Ms. Jahangir is scheduled to meet Government ministers, senior Government officials and representatives of the police, the judiciary, and the security forces. She also plans to meet representatives of the legal profession, non-governmental organizations, as well as other private organizations and individuals.

The visit, which comes at the request of the Special Rapporteur, has been agreed by the Government of Jamaica.

On completion of the mission, Ms. Jahangir will report to the Commission on Human Rights.

Ms. Jahangir, an advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan, was appointed Special Rapporteur in August 1998 with a mandate to examine situations of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and to monitor the implementation of existing international standards on safeguards and restrictions relating to the imposition of capital punishment. Since her appointment she has visited Mexico, East Timor, Nepal, Turkey, Honduras, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania in connection with the Kosovo conflict, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, most recently, Afghanistan in October 2002.




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