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Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
About the mandate
Without respect for the right to life, no other human right can be upheld. Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions – meaning the deliberate killing of individuals outside of any legal framework - are a violation of this most fundamental right.
The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions is an independent human rights expert appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur was established in 1982 and has been renewed numerous times, most recently in June 2023 (HRC resolution 53/04). The mandate of the Special Rapporteur covers all countries, irrespective of whether a State has ratified relevant international Conventions.
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Current mandate holder
Mr. Morris Tidball-Binz was appointed the UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial summary or arbitrary executions, on 1 April 2021. Mr. Morris Tidball-Binz (Viña del Mar, Chile, 1957) is a medical doctor specialized in forensic science, human rights and humanitarian action. Over the past 35 years, he has conducted fact-finding, technical assessments and capacity building missions to over 70 countries in all regions.
Read Mr. Tidball-Binz's full biography
Key documents
The Minnesota Protocol was drafted in 1991 as a companion document to the 1989 UN Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions. It was revised in 2016.
UN Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions
The principles were recommended by Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/65 on 24 May 1989.
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Calls for Input
Latest thematic reports
Contact Information
Mr. Morris Tidball-Binz
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
OHCHR-UNOG
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
1211 Geneve 10
Switzerland
Email: hrc-sr-eje@un.org
Former Special Rapporteurs
Ms. Agnes Callamard
(France),
August 2016 - March 2021
Mr. Christof Heyns
(South Africa),
August 2010 - July 2016
Mr. Philip Alston
(Australia),
August 2004 – July 2010
Ms. Asma Jahangir
(Pakistan),
1998-July 2004
Mr. Bacre Waly Ndiaye
(Senegal),
1992-1998
Mr. S. Amos Wako
(Kenya),
1982-1992
Activities
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on Commercial Airlines and conflict zones: Recommendations to strengthen air safety and prevent of unlawful deaths (PDF)
7 January 2021
Unofficial Farsi translation of communication IRN 28/2020 on the shooting down of UIA Flight PS752 (PDF)
24 December 2020
Unofficial Russian translation of communication RUS 11/2020 concerning the attempted killing and poisoning of Mr. Alexei Navalny (PDF)
30 December 2020