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External sources (not reviewed)

interim report to the Council at its twenty-second session, and the final report at its twenty-fourth session.

or other non-State actors do not fall within the ambit of the report, which focuses on secret detention by or attributable to States and is addressed to the Human Rights Council as an intergovernmental body.

(art. 211), attempts on the lives of State or public officials (art. 277), forcible seizure of power or forcible retention of power (art. 278), armed revolt (art. 279) and attacks on internationally protected persons or institutions (art. 360).

mainly civilians, including “indiscriminate attacks on women and children”176.

Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, 1997 (164 parties, 10 States since 2008); (d) the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 1999 (172 parties, 12 States since 2008); and (e) the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, 2005 (67 parties, 37 States since 2008).

of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation; the 1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation; the 1997 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings; and the 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.

of terrorism and self-determination.

of, or participation in, an illegal armed formation) and 4 were crimes under article 277 (attempt on the life of a governmental or public figure).

the safety of maritime navigation, civil aviation and airports; and all other acts that threaten air and maritime safety, including those against the safety of fixed platforms located on the continental or insular shelf.

a threat to regional security.

law, and recalls its decision contained in resolution 2015 (2011) to continue consideration, as a matter of urgency, without prejudice to any further steps to ensure that pirates are held accountable, of the establishment of specialized anti-piracy courts in Somalia and other States in the region with substantial international participation and/or support.

foreign occupation and ethnic and other types of conflicts are an ongoing reality, affecting women and men in nearly every region, calls upon all States and the international community to place particular focus on the plight, and give priority attention and increased assistance to relieving the suffering of, women and girls living in such situations and to ensure that, where violence is committed against them, all perpetrators of such violence are duly investigated and, as appropriate, prosecuted and punished in order to end impunity, while stressing the need to respect international humanitarian law and human rights law

and to reiterate the need for a comprehensive strategy to encourage the establishment of peace and stability in Somalia through the collaborative efforts of all stakeholders.