UNGA Resolution on Extrajudicial, Summary, and Arbitrary Executions

Brief compendium of articles and explanations on yesterdays vote on the Draft Resolution on Extrajudicial, Summary, and Arbitrary Executions:

• General Assembly will Condemn in Strongest Terms Use of Extrajudicial Executions, Demand State End Practice, Under Terms of Text Approved by Third Committee – The United Nations

• Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Draft Resolution on Extrajudicial, Summary, and Arbitrary Executions– Amb. Susan E. Rice, U.S. Mission to the United Nations 

• Explanation of Vote in Opposition to a Proposed Amendment Removing “Sexual Orientation” and “Gender Identity” from the UNGA Resolution on Extrajudicial, Summary, and Arbitrary Executions– United States Department of State

• UN Draft Resolution Against Extrajudicial Executions Includes Gender Identity– Julie Bolcer, The Advocate