From February 26 to April 5 2024, the United Nations Human Rights Council held its 55th regular session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The session was particularly significant as the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (“FFMI”) issued and presented its first report, ...
On March 3 2024, The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Javaid Rehman published his last report to the Human Rights Council during its 55th session, before his mandates ends July 31, 2024. His report emphasizes ongoing impunity and lack of ...
Statement from Javaid Rehman, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, from side event “IRAN’S WOMEN, MINORITIES AND THE FIGHT FOR RIGHTS · One Year After Jina Mahsa Amini’s Death in Custody”. Find our recap of the 54th session of the Human Rights Council ...
On September 15, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) and ARTICLE 19 hosted a side event during the 54th session of the Human Rights Council, in collaboration with Impact Iran, to “examine the human rights violations that have taken place in Iran since the start of the nationwide Woman, Life, ...
Dr. Alice Jill Edwards (Australia) is the seventh – and first woman – UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment appointed by the UN Human Rights Council. Her appointment was announced on 8 July 2022 and her tenure begins on 1 August. A ...
This database compiles 200+ communications issued by the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council to the Islamic Republic of Iran, dating back to January 2012. These communications were submitted by a range of Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts and Working Groups, most notably the Special Rapporteur on the situation ...
Date · Wednesday 5 October 2022 Co-sponsors STATE · Permanent Mission of Germany NGOs · Impact Iran, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, FIDH, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Femena, ISHR, International Commission of Jurists, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19, Association for Women’s Rights in Development ...
HRC 48 Side Event: Data For Rights And Accountability in Iran In recent years, human rights organizations have developed a range of online tools that have strengthened the capacities of rights defenders to advance evidence-based reporting and advocacy aimed at generating a culture of accountability and transparency in pursuit of ...
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Agnes Callamard was appointed the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on 1 August 2016.
Impact Iran applauds today’s overwhelming vote at the UN Human Rights Council’s (HRC) in favor of the crucial continuation of the mandates of both the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran and of the the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran. The HRC approved the ...
شورای حقوق بشر سازمان ملل از ۱۱ سپتامبر تا ۱۵ اکتبر ۲۰۲۳ پنجاه و چهارمین جلسه معمولی خود را در قصر ملل در ژنوِ سوئیس برگزار کرد. این جلسه همزمان با اولین سالگرد درگذشت ژینا مهسا امینی هنگام بازداشت بود و شامل اظهارات متعدد و برگزاری رویدادهای جانبی با موضوع ...
Statement from Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, Chair of the UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls, from side event “A YEAR OF THE WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM MOVEMENT: Crackdown on Dissent and the State of Women’s Rights in Iran”. Find our recap of the 54th session of the Human Rights Council ...
On September 15, the eve of the death in custody of Jina Mahsa Amini, Kurdistan Human Rights Association-Geneva (KMMK-G) hosted a side event during the 54th session of the Human Rights Council, in collaboration with Impact Iran, IED, Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), and Minority Rights Group, to ...
Alexandra Xanthaki: Appointed UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights in October 2021 Ms. Xanthaki is Greek and lives in the United Kingdom where she works as a Professor of Laws at Brunel University London, United Kingdom. Throughout her academic career, Ms. Xanthaki has published over 50 publications ...
On Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022, the UN Security Council held an Arria Formula meeting to “highlight the ongoing repression of women and girls and members of religious and ethnic minority groups in Iran and underscore ongoing unlawful use of force against peaceful protesters.” The Permanent Missions of the United States ...
Perspectives from the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran & the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on human rights Date · Friday 16th September Time · 13:00 to 14:00 CEST (with a margin of up ...
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Karima Bennoune was appointed UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights in October 2015.
به: دولت‌های عضو شورای حقوق بشر سازمان ملل عالیجناب، ما سازمان‌های حقوق بشر ایرانی و بین‌المللی از کشور شما خواهان پشتیبانی از تمدید ماموریت گزارشگر ویژه سازمان ملل در موضوع حقوق بشر در جمهوری اسلامی ایران و تمدید ماموریت کمیته بین‌المللی حقیقت‌یاب در موضوع جمهوری اسلامی ایران در پنجاه و ...
From September 11 to October 15 2023, the United Nations Human Rights Council held its 54th regular session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The session coincided with the 1 year anniversary of the death in custody of Jina Mahsa Amini, and featured several statements and side events ...
Statement from Javaid Rehman, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, from side event “A YEAR OF THE WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM MOVEMENT: Crackdown on Dissent and the State of Women’s Rights in Iran”. Find our recap of the 54th session of the Human ...
In a groundbreaking report released today, Javaid Rehman, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, declared that “the scale and gravity” of human rights violations he and his office have been documenting since the start of the protests in September 2022 “point to the possible commission ...
Find a Persian translation of the statement here. 24 November 2022 Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates, Representatives of civil society, It is my honour to be with you today and to deliver a statement on behalf of the Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures and my own mandate. On 26 October, ...
On October 26th, 2022, UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman presented his latest report (A/77/181) on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, as part of the Assembly’s 77th’s session. Mr. Rehman emphasized arbitrary detention as a persistent human rights concern, ...
On Thursday, March 17, Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, presented his report during the 49th session of the Human Rights Council. Mr. Rehman highlighted widespread human rights abuses and drew attention to the system-wide lack of accountability ...
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Catalina Devandas Aguilar became the first Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities on 1 December 2014.
