Femicide is a tragedy of pandemic proportions: every year, tens of thousands of women and girls are killed worldwide because of their gender. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, focuses on an investigation of femicide as a means of identifying, seeking accountability for and helping to prevent this global scourge.

We deplore the multiple executions carried out this week in Kuwait and Singapore and oppose the death penalty under all circumstances. Five prisoners were executed in Kuwait and two in Singapore...

29 July 2003 The Commission on Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Asma Jahangir, will visit Brazil from 16 September to 8 October 2003. The Special...

25.07.2003 Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan deeply regrets the execution of individuals in Uzbekistan, for whom stays of execution had been requested by the United Nations...

24 July 2003 The following press release has today been issued by the Human Rights Committee, currently holding its 78th Session in Geneva. The Committee has recently been informed that six...