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Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

Domestic inquiries into extrajudicial killings insufficient, UN expert stresses

3 June 2010
An independent United Nations human rights expert today stressed the need for international inquiries into serious allegations of extrajudicial executions in cases where national probes have been insufficient, citing examples relating to the Gaza Strip and Sri Lanka.
Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
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UN independent expert voices concerns over the practice of targeted killings

2 June 2010
A United Nations independent human rights expert today sounded the alarm about the practice of targeted killings, saying it had a tenuous legal basis and could undermine the rules that aim to prevent extrajudicial executions and guarantee people the right to life.