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Inquiry into the unlawful death of Jamal Khashoggi

UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

The Special Rapporteur's investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, including findings on state responsibility and the limits of the Saudi proceedings.

Document of record · OHCHR · 19 June 2019

Report presented 19 June 2019 · A/HRC/41/CRP.1

Key extracts & findings

Finding 1

An extrajudicial killing for which the State was responsible

The Special Rapporteur concluded that Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a deliberate, premeditated extrajudicial execution for which Saudi Arabia was responsible under international human-rights law.

Finding 2

Credible evidence warranted further investigation

The report found credible evidence warranting further investigation of the individual liability of high-level Saudi officials. That recommendation was not a criminal judgment against any named person.

Finding 3

Domestic proceedings did not answer the international case

The Rapporteur found that the Saudi trial did not meet international procedural and substantive standards and called for a credible international criminal investigation.

Extracts are summarised from the document of record, which is linked above. Where a passage is disputed, this newsroom will publish the correction alongside the extract.