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DRONES: UN report calls for independent investigations of drone attacks - Special rapporteur on human rights says states have obligation to launch inquiries into attacks that kill civilians

10 March 2014

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"A report by the United Nations Human Rights Council has called for independent investigations to be carried out into drone attacks after a series of strikes that result in unexpected civilian deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere. Most of the attacks involved US drones."

See the article: UN report calls for independent investigations of drone attacks - Special rapporteur on human rights says states have obligation to launch inquiries into attacks that kill civilians (Guardian, link)

And see the report: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Ben Emmerson (pdf) See Chapter III.

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