Report
Unlawful death of refugees and migrants. Report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
A/72/335
Author
Agnes Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
Publication Year
2017
Region
Global
Thematic Area
Law & Policies
Topic
Burial Site / Mass Grave
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Human Rights
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Law – International
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Migration
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Refugee
Access
Open access
The present report focuses on the mass casualties of refugees and migrants in the course of their flight. It addresses killings by both State and non -State actors, and denounces a quasi-generalized regime of impunity, worsened by an absence of accurate data on the dead and missing. The Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings calls urgently on States to address this human rights crisis by prioritizing the protection of the right to life in their migration and refugee policies.
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