Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Asma Jahangir (1999)

Date: 06 January 1999

This report presents the summaries of cases transmitted to the Governments and the replies received from them. In relation to drug issues, the report mentions:

the use of the death penalty for drug offences in China, Iraq, Sri Lanka and Thailand
the high level of impunity enjoyed by the military and paramilitary groups in Colombia, the drug trafficking groups also contributing to a culture of violence and impunity

Citation: Asma Jahangir,'Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Country situations' (1999) E/CN.4/1999/39/Add.1.