110 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICT of armed conflict. For example, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions has consistently referred to both bodies of law in his analysis of the lawfulness of killings in armed conflict.171 Regarding the question of whether international humanitarian law falls within the Special Rapporteur’s mandate, he noted that “it falls squarely within the mandate.  All major relevant resolutions in recent years have referred explicitly to that body of law.172 The General Assembly, dealing with the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, urged Governments “to take all necessary and possible measures, in conformity with international human rights law and international humanitarian law, to prevent loss of life […] during […] armed conflicts”.173 In 2006, four Special Rapporteurs issued a report on their mission to Lebanon and Israel. They recalled that “[h]uman rights law does not cease to apply in times of war, except in accordance with precise derogation provisions relating to times of emergency.” Regarding economic, social and cultural rights, they indicated that “the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights […] does not explicitly allow for derogations in time of public emergency, but the guarantees of the Covenant may, in times of armed conflict, be limited in accordance with its articles 4 and 5 and because of the possible scarcity of available resources in the sense of article 2, paragraph 1.” They also indicated that “[h]uman rights law and international humanitarian law are not mutually exclusive but exist in a complementary relationship during armed conflict, and a full legal analysis requires consideration of both bodies of law. In respect of certain human rights, more specific rules of international humanitarian law may be relevant for the purposes of their interpretation.” They concluded that “[t]he international human rights regime, consisting of the full range of economic, social and cultural rights (such as those   Including in annual reports since at least 1992, which have dealt with the right to life in the context of international and non-international armed conflicts, for example E/ CN.4/1993/46, paras. 60–61, and A/HRC/4/20. See also the Special Rapporteur’s report to the General Assembly (A/62/265, para. 29). 172   E/CN.4/2005/7, para. 45. 173   Resolution 59/197, para. 8 (b). 171