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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Obama pays tribute to unit in bin Laden raid 3:57pm EDT Al Qaeda confirms bin Laden is dead, vows revenge | 4:55pm EDT UPDATE 1-Biden sees up to 200,000 new U.S. jobs next month 23 Apr 2010 Oil gutted in record weekly drop 4:45pm EDT Photos show three dead men at bin Laden raid house 12:02am EDT Discussed 168 Obama to make statement late Sunday, White House says 141 Concerns raised over shooting of unarmed bin Laden, burial 96 Boehner demands trillion-dollar cuts in debt deal Watched Legendary founder of Seal Team Six speaks Thu, May 5 2011 Video of bin Laden compound fire Mon, May 2 2011 Bin Laden unarmed when killed - White House Tue, May 3 2011 U.N. rights investigators seek facts on bin Laden death Tweet Share this By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators called on the United States on Friday to disclose whether there had been any plan to capture Osama bin Laden and if he was offered any "meaningful prospect of surrender and... Email Print Related News Pakistan threatens U.S. on cooperation if more raids Thu, May 5 2011 Special report: Why the U.S. mistrusts Pakistan's spies Thu, May 5 2011 Obama decides not to release bin Laden photos Wed, May 4 2011 Concerns raised over shooting of unarmed bin Laden Wed, May 4 2011 Obama won't release bin Laden photos, cites risks Wed, May 4 2011 Analysis & Opinion We need a new Pakistan-U.S. relationship White House won’t show bin Laden photo, do you agree? Related Topics World » Osama bin Laden » Bin Laden Compound » Martin Scheinin of Finland, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism, speaks during a news conference in Tunis January 26, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA | Fri May 6, 2011 12:05pm EDT GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators called on the United States on Friday to disclose whether there had been any plan to capture Osama bin Laden and if he was offered any "meaningful prospect of surrender and arrest." Principles of engagement in such operations require the possibility of surrender, firing warning shots and if necessary wounding a suspect, rather than killing him, they said. Failure to comply could amount to a "cold-blooded execution" but the overall situation must be taken into account, including whether U.S. forces were under attack, said Martin Scheinin, U.N. special rapporteur on protecting human rights while countering terrorism. "We are just saying the U.S. government should answer questions concerning whether a meaningful prospect of surrender and arrest was given by the U.S., but perhaps not taken by Osama bin Laden," Scheinin told Reuters in a telephone interview. Pakistani security officials have charged that U.S. troops, after landing by helicopter at the Abbottabad compound, shot the unarmed al Qaeda leader in cold blood rather than in a firefight, as U.S. officials first suggested. It remained unclear whether the possibility of bin Laden's surrender had been built into the U.S. assault on the al Qaeda leader's hideout in Pakistan on Monday, according to Scheinin. "You design an operation so that there is a meaningful possibility of surrender and arrest even if you think the offer will be refused and you have to resort to lethal force," he said. "It is the overall situation that governs when resorting to lethal force is permissible," Scheinin said. DEADLY FORCE Earlier, Scheinin and Christof Heyns, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said that in certain exceptional cases, deadly force may be used in "operations against terrorists." "However, the norm should be that terrorists be dealt with as criminals, through legal processes of arrest, trial and judicially-decided punishment," the independent experts said in a joint statement. "In respect of the recent use of deadly force against Osama bin Laden, the United States of America should disclose the supporting facts to allow an assessment in terms of international human rights law standards," they said. "It will be particularly important to know if the planning of the mission allowed an effort to capture bin Laden." Scheinin, a Finnish law professor who teaches in Florence, and Heyns, a South African human rights law professor, report to the U.N. Human Rights Council whose 47 members include the United States. A U.S. acknowledgment that bin Laden was unarmed when shot in the head in its operation at his hideout in Pakistan on Monday -- as well as the sea burial of his body, a rare practice in Islam -- have drawn some criticism in the Arab world and Europe, where some have warned of a backlash. Al Qaeda confirmed bin Laden was dead on Friday, dispelling some of the fog around the killing of the "holy warrior," and vowed to mount more attacks on the West. Navi Pillay, the top U.N. human rights official, also called this week for light to be shed on the killing, stressing that all counter-terrorism operations must respect international law. "We've raised a question mark about what happened precisely, more details are needed at this point," her spokesman Rupert Colville told a briefing in Geneva on Friday. (Editing by Andrew Roche) World Osama bin Laden Bin Laden Compound Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (16) Fisherman69 wrote: We gave him 10 years to surrender…that was sufficient…plus we are sending a clear message to his colleagues, you can run but you can;t hide forever…good luck Jihadists…your days are numbered… May 06, 2011 12:35pm EDT -- Report as abuse thatrix wrote: President Obama already stated several times that the mission was to capture Bin Laden. There is nothing further to disclose. Apparently these UN investigators don’t pay attention. May 06, 2011 12:50pm EDT -- Report as abuse doctorqui wrote: He attacked the US and they shot him in the eye for it and he is dead – any other questions? 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