A/RES/63/182 United Nations Distr.: General 16 March 2009 General Assembly Sixty-third session Agenda item 64 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2008 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/63/430/Add.2)] 63/182. Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions The General Assembly, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 which guarantees the right to life, liberty and security of person, the relevant provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2 and other relevant human rights conventions, 0F 1F Reaffirming the mandate of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, as set out in Council resolution 8/3 of 18 June 2008, 3 2F Welcoming the universal ratification of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, 4 which alongside human rights law provide an important framework of accountability in relation to extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions during armed conflict, 3F Mindful of all its resolutions on the subject of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and of the Human Rights Council on the subject, Noting with deep concern that impunity continues to be a major cause of the perpetuation of violations of human rights, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Acknowledging that international human rights law and international humanitarian law are complementary and mutually reinforcing, Noting with deep concern the growing number of civilians and persons hors de combat killed in situations of armed conflict and internal strife, Acknowledging that extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions may under certain circumstances amount to genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes, as defined in international law, including in the Rome Statute of the International _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. III, sect. A. 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973. 2 08-48171