A/RES/73/172. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/172
• Year: 2018
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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General Assembly

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21 J anuary 2 019

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Seventy -third sess ion

Agen da item 74 (b)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 17 December 2018

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/73/ 589/ Add.2 )]

73/172. Extrajudicial, summary or arb itrary executions

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g the Unive rsal Declar ation of Human Righ ts,

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whi ch g uarantee s t he

right to life, li berty and s ecurity o f person, the releva nt provi sions of th e Interna tional

Cove nant on C ivil and Politica l Rights

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and other rel evant hu man righ ts conven tions,

Reaffirm ing th e mandate o f t he Special R apporte ur of the Huma n Rights Co uncil

on extraj udicial, sum mary or arbitrar y ex ecutions , as set out in Counc il re solution

35/1 5 of 22 June 2017,

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Welcomi ng the univers al rat ificatio n of the Geneva Conve ntions of 1 2 Augu st

1949 ,

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whi ch, alo ngside in ternatio nal hum an rights law, prov ide impo rtant le gal

frame works of accou ntabilit y in r elation to extra judicia l, summ ary o r arbit rary

exec utions d uring ar med con flict,

Reca llin g all i ts resolu tions on th e subject o f extraj udicial, summary or arbitra ry

exec utions as well as the reso lutions of the C ommissi on o n Hum an Ri ghts and the

Huma n Righ ts Co uncil o n the subjec t, and empha sizing the i mportan ce of their full

and effective implem entation ,

Reco gniz ing the posit ive role t hat regi onal hum an rights systems can play in the

glob al prote ction ag ainst ar bitrary deprivat ion of l ife,

Ackn owle dgin g the importan ce of t he 2030 A genda fo r Susta inable

Deve lop ment

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a nd its imp lementa tion f or the pro motion and pro tection of the

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Reso lution 217 A (II I).

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See resolut ion 22 00 A ( XXI) , an nex.

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See Officia l Reco rds of t he Gen eral As sembly, Seven ty-se cond Se ssion, Suppl ement No. 53

(A/72 /53) , chap. V, sect. A.

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Unit ed Nati ons, Tre aty Se ries, vol. 75, Nos. 9 70– 973.

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Reso lution 70/1.