Has the Special Rapporteur on Summary Executions visited Iraq?
No. Normally speaking, the Special Rapporteur visits only one or two countries per year, though investigations and reports are annually prepared on many others. Outstanding requests for visits exist for Algeria, Liberia, Turkmenistan and Iran, but not for Iraq. This action and appeal aims to get Iraq on the agenda. Aside from presenting the Special Rapporteur with a case file of verifiable detail on assassinated academics (which the BRussells Tribunal is working with Iraqis to build), signatories to the appeal, and the moral weight of the principal endorsers, helps build momentum and provide justification for the Special Rapporteur to turn his attention and resources to this issue urgently.
