United Nations A/RES/71/198 General Assembly Distr.: General 25 January 2017 Seventy-first session Agenda item 68 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2016 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/71/484/Add.2)] 71/198. Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions The General Assembly, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 which guarantees the right to life, liberty and security of person, the relevant provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2 and other relevant human rights conventions, Reaffirming the mandate of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, as set out in Council resolution 26/12 of 26 June 2014, 3 Welcoming the universal ratification of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, 4 which, alongside international human rights law, provide important legal frameworks of accountability in relation to extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions during armed conflict, Recalling all its resolutions on the subject of extrajudicial, sum mary or arbitrary executions as well as the resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the subject, and emphasizing the importance of their full and effective implementation, Recognizing the positive role that regional human rights systems can play in the global protection against arbitrary deprivation of life, Acknowledging the importance of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 5 and its implementation for the promotion and protection of the enjoyment by all persons of human rights, gender equality, access to justice for all and effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels, Noting with deep concern that impunity continues to be a major cause of the perpetuation of violations of human rights, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/69/53), chap. V, sect. A. 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973. 5 Resolution 70/1. 2 16-22571 (E) *1622571* Please recycle

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