Dr. Mai Sato appointed as new Special Rapporteur on Iran

On the final day of its 56th session, the Human Rights Council appointed Dr. Mai Sato to replace Javaid Rehman as UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Sato, a social scientist, inaugural director of Eleos Justice at Monash University, and academic expert on the use of the death penalty, began her mandate on August 1, 2024.

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