SOGI UN keywords Archives: Equality before the law
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, E/CN.4/1999/32, 28 December 1998
Some of the discriminatory laws faced by minorities in Iran are: Article 121 of the Islamic Civil Code: The punishment for “homosexual touching” (Tafkheey) and similar acts, if there is no entry, is 100 lashes. However, if the subject is a non-Muslim and the object a Muslim, the punishment for the subject is death. Link […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, E/CN.4/1996/39/Add.2, 11 March 1996: Iran
13. In a letter dated 29 April 1994, the Special Rapporteur requested the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for information on Mr. Ali Akbar Saidi-Sirjani, a poet and essayist, and Mr. Niazi Kermani, a poet and journalist. According to information received by the Special Rapporteur, both men were arrested on 14 March 1994 […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on economic, social and cultural rights, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1992/16, 3 July 1992
185. Both the upcoming Expert Seminar on Indicators and the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights could provide a venue for exploring in programmatic terms how most effectively to pursue the issue of violations of economic, social and cultural rights. It must be emphasized that approaching this issue from the angle of discrimination may serve […]