ICJ submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of human rights violations in Iran
The ICJ addressed the persistent failure of Iran to meet many of its human rights obligations and the wave of fresh human rights violations in the country in the aftermath of the June 2009 disputed presidential election.
The ICJ urged Iran to refrain from torture and ill treatment, end violations of freedoms of expression and assembly, abolish the death penalty and co-operate with international human rights mechanisms, including the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council and the treaty bodies.
Iran-UPR-advocacy-2009 (full text, PDF)
Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received, A/HRC/10/12/Add.1, 4 March 2009: Iran
1295. On 13 February 2008, the then Special Representative, together with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Special...
ICJ calls on Iranian authorities to cease harassment of Baha’i faith leaders
” The Six leaders of the Baha’i faith in Iran, who were arbitrarily arrested in Tehran in May 2008 and are being held incommunicado, must be released immediately or legally charged with a recognisable offence,” said the ICJ.
Read the full press release here
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/4/37/Add.1, 27 March 2007: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
342. On 19 October 2006, the Special Representative sent an urgent appeal concerning a human rights activist from Iran, Mohammad Babaei (commonly known as “Mani”), who is the current Health Secretary of the Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO) which was formerly known as...Recent News
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