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23/06/2023 English, HRC 53, Human Rights Council

Iran, Human Rights, and the 53rd Session of the Human Rights Council

On June 19, High Commissioner Volker Türk opened the 53rd regular session of the Human Rights Council with a global update on human rights, and touched on Iran’s limited engagement with human rights bodies: “substantive implementation of the State’s obligations under international human rights law remains very limited, and I am concerned by the massive recent increase in executions, as well as continuing discrimination against women and girls. Iran does not cooperate with the Special Procedures country mandate, and has received only one Special Procedures mandate holder in the past 17 years ”.

The 53rd session will be held until the 14th of July, and features several meetings and dialogues addressing the human rights situation in Iran, including:

June 21: Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada al-Nashif presented UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ interim report (A/HRC/53/23) on the Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran during the session’s 6th meeting. The report’s many recommendations include requests for increased cooperation with OHCHR, halting all executions, and eliminating all forms of gender-based discrimination. Find the report presentation here, via UN Web TV.

According to al-Nashif, “the report shows a worsening human rights landscape in Iran coupled with the chronic lack of meaningful and effective avenues for the population to voice grievances or indeed to seek remedy. In this context I call on the government to cooperate with the fact-finding mission…”. The Deputy High Commissioner also noted that “substantive engagement on the State’s obligations under international law remained limited, as was the implementation of recommendations from international human rights mechanisms.

For more information on recommendations to Iran from UN mechanisms, see Impact Iran’s Iran Rights Index, which assesses the implementation of hundreds of said recommendations, dating back to 1993.

June 28: UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association and Assembly Clément Voule will present his latest report (A/HRC/53/38) to the Human Rights Council, which examines “the practical gaps in accountability for serious crimes committed against activists and protesters”, and touches on recent violations of this right in Iran.

July 5: The Fact-Finding Mission on Iran’s three experts (Shaheen Sardar Ali, Sara Hossain [chair], and Viviana Krsticevic) will provide an oral update from and hold an interactive dialogue with the Human Rights Council, discussing the operationalization and activity of the investigative mechanism thus far.

SIDE EVENTS

June 30: UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association and Assembly Clément Voule will host a side event at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights with speakers “from civil society organisations, including from Iran, Sudan, Myanmar and Chile”.

Livestreams of all HRC dialogues will be available via UN Web TV.

An up-to-date calendar of all HRC53 meetings is also available here.

Follow Impact Iran on Twitter for coverage of all Iran-related UN meetings and developments.

UPCOMING EVENTS

(all times in EST)

28 09 23
  • International Day for Universal Access to Information

    28 09 23

  • World Maritime Day

    28 09 23

  • World Rabies Day

    28 09 23

30 09 23
  • International Translation Day

    30 09 23

01 10 23
  • International Day of Older Persons

    01 10 23

02 10 23
  • International Day of Non-Violence

    02 10 23

  • World Habitat Day

    02 10 23

05 10 23
  • World Teachers’ Day

    05 10 23

09 10 23
  • World Post Day

    09 10 23

10 10 23
  • World Mental Health Day

    10 10 23

11 10 23
  • International Day of the Girl Child

    11 10 23

13 10 23
  • International Day for Disaster Reduction

    13 10 23

15 10 23
  • International Day of Rural Women

    15 10 23

16 10 23
  • World Food Day

    16 10 23

17 10 23
  • International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

    17 10 23

24 10 23
  • United Nations Day

    24 10 23

  • World Development Information Day

    24 10 23

27 10 23
  • World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

    27 10 23

31 10 23
  • World Cities Day

    31 10 23

02 11 23
  • International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

    02 11 23

05 11 23
  • World Tsunami Awareness Day

    05 11 23

06 11 23
  • International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

    06 11 23

10 11 23
  • World Science Day for Peace and Development

    10 11 23

14 11 23
  • World Diabetes Day

    14 11 23

16 11 23
  • International Day for Tolerance

    16 11 23

  • World Philosophy Day

    16 11 23

19 11 23
  • World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

    19 11 23

  • World Toilet Day

    19 11 23

20 11 23
  • Africa Industrialization Day

    20 11 23

  • Universal Children’s Day

    20 11 23

21 11 23
  • World Television Day

    21 11 23

25 11 23
  • International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

    25 11 23

29 11 23
  • International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

    29 11 23

01 12 23
  • World AIDS Day

    01 12 23

02 12 23
  • International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

    02 12 23

03 12 23
  • International Day of Persons with Disabilities

    03 12 23

05 12 23
  • International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

    05 12 23

  • World Soil Day

    05 12 23

07 12 23
  • International Civil Aviation Day

    07 12 23

09 12 23
  • International Anti-Corruption Day

    09 12 23

  • International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime

    09 12 23

10 12 23
  • Human Rights Day

    10 12 23

11 12 23
  • International Mountain Day

    11 12 23

12 12 23
  • International Day of Neutrality

    12 12 23

18 12 23
  • Arabic Language Day

    18 12 23

  • International Migrants Day

    18 12 23

20 12 23
  • International Human Solidarity Day

    20 12 23

27 01 24
  • International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

    27 01 24