RESOLUTION 1989/65
Member Name E89r065
24 May 1989
15th plenary meeting
Effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions
The Economic and Social Council,
Recalling that article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims that everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person,
Bearing in mind that paragraph 1 of article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states that every human being has an inherent right to life, that that right shall be
protected by law and that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his or her life,
Also bearing in mind the general comments of the Human Rights Committee on the right to life as enunciated in article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Stressing that extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions contravene the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Mindful that the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, in resolution 11 on extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions, called upon all
Governments to take urgent and incisive action to investigate such acts, wherever they may occur, to punish those found guilty and to take all other measures necessary to prevent those practices,
Mindful also that the Economic and Social Council, in section VI of its resolution 1986/10 of 21 May 1986, requested the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control to consider at its tenth session
the question of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions with a view to elaborating principles on the effective prevention and investigation of such practices,
Recalling that the General Assembly in its resolution 33/173 of 20 December 1978 expressed its deep concern at reports from various parts of the world relating to enforced or involuntary
disappearances and called upon
Governments, in the event of such reports, to take appropriate measures to searching for such persons and to undertake speedy and impartial investigations,
Noting with appreciation the efforts of non-governmental organizations to develop standards for investigations,
Emphasizing that the General Assembly in its resolution 42/141 of 7 December 1987 strongly condemned once again the large number of summary or arbitrary executions, including extra-legal
executions, that continued to take place in various parts of the world,
Noting that in the same resolution the General Assembly recognized the need for closer co-operation between the Centre for Human Rights, the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch of the
Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs and the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control in an effort to bring to an end summary or arbitrary executions,
Aware that effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions requires the provision of adequate financial and technical resources,
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