Extrajudicial killing
intentional and unlawful killings of individuals by state actors without judicial process From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
intentional and unlawful killings of individuals by state actors without judicial process From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An extrajudicial killing (or extralegal killing) is the killing of a person without waiting for the result of a state trial. Extrajudicial killings happen in states which either have laws favoring them, or where the state condones the killing. An example might be that someone is suspected of having done something which dishonors the family. Killing the person might be a way to keep the family in good standing (This is known as honor killing). The state might have laws that do not see this as murder, so the killers will not get a harsh sentence, or they will go unpunished altogether.
If forces of the state kill someone this is seen as extrajudicial killing, if none of the following applies:
The United Nations has [an investigator or] a Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.[1] That person has support from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Morris Tidball-Binz became the Special Rapporteur in 2021.[2]
Work is also done by human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.[3][4][5][6][7]
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