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Recap: Iran, Human Rights, and the 52nd Session of the HRC

The 52nd session of the Human Rights Council (27 February – 4 April 2023) was the first HRC session since the establishment of the Fact-Finding Mission, a new mandate investigating human rights violations in Iran related to the protests that began on 16 September 2022. High Level Segment It began ...

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Irene Khan – Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression

Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of democracy, which allows individuals and groups to enjoy several other human rights and freedoms. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur was created by the Human Rights Council to protect and promote freedom of opinion and expression, offline and online, in light of international ...

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اعضای «شورای اقتصادی اجتماعی سازمان ملل» باید ایران را از کمیسیون وضعیت زنان حذف کنند

نیویورک،  دسامبر ۲۰۲۲: در همبستگی با زنان ایرانی که خواستار حقوق خود با به خطر انداختن جان و آزادی خود هستند، نیویورک،  ۱۰ دسامبر ۲۰۲۲: در همبستگی با زنان ایرانی که خواستار حقوق خود با به خطر انداختن جان و آزادی خود هستند، ائتلاف «ایمپکت ایران» از دولت‌ها می‌خواهد که ...

FFMI, Human Rights Council, Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, Special Session

Press Release – Impact Iran hails the HRC for establishing a UN Fact-Finding Mission into the human rights situation in Iran

Impact Iran hails today’s establishment by the Human Rights Council (“HRC”) of an international independent inquiry into Iran’s ongoing crackdown on nationwide popular protests as a watershed moment.  By a majority of 25 versus 6, and 16 abstentions, the main UN human rights body established an “international independent fact-finding mission” ...

FFMI, Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, Persian

ائتلاف «ایمپکت ایران» در سند «پرسش و پاسخ» به شرح اهمیت آخرین ساز و کار تحقیقاتی سازمان ملل در موضوع نقض حقوق بشر در ایران در زمان اعتراضات ۱۴۰۱ می‌پردازد

نیویورک، نیویورک — «ایمپکت ایران»، ائتلافی متشکل از سازمان‌های حقوق بشری بین‌المللی، اخیرا یک سند «پرسش و پاسخ» منتشر کرده است که در آن شیوه کار و اهمیت جدیدترین کمیته حقیقت‌یابی بین‌المللی سازمان ملل در مورد ایران تشریح شده است. این کمیته موظف به تحقیق در مورد نقض احتمالی حقوق ...

HRC 52, Human Rights Council, Iran Mandate Holders, Reports (Rehman), The Special Procedures

UN Special Rapporteur on Iran’s findings point to the possible commission of international crimes

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 ...

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Fact Cards: Iran, Women’s Rights & the CSW

Fact Cards: Iran, Women’s Rights & the CSW Myth nº1: Calls to remove Iran from the CSW’s membership came from a member-state initiative. FACT: Calls for removing Iran’s membership from the CSW first came from from Iranian women and men, just like the calls for accountability that resulted in the ...

Dr. Javaid Rehman, FFMI, Human Rights Council, Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, Special Rapporteur, Special Session

#SS35: Statement from Javaid Rehman – UNSR on the human rights situation in Iran

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, ...

English, FFMI, Independent International Fact-Finding Mission

Impact Iran’s Q&A Document Outlines the Significance of the UN’s Latest Investigative Mechanism on Human Rights Violations in Iran During 2022 Protests

New York, NY – Impact Iran, a coalition of international human rights organizations, has recently released a Q&A document outlining the work and significance of the United Nations’ latest Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran investigating alleged human rights violations that took place in the context of nationwide protests that ...