Joint Submission: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD 2024)
This submission relies on a range of evidence and sources to establish the ongoing persecution of ethnic minorities, including Kurds, Baluch, Ahwazi Arabs, Azerbaijani Turks, Turkmen, who may also belong to religious minority communities, including Sunni Muslims, Sufis, Yarsan, Bahá’ís or Christians. They include testimonies from victims and witnesses; laws, decrees, and rulings; court documents; official statements and state propaganda promoting hatred against targeted groups; media articles and reports by human rights organisations documenting patterns of discriminatory policies and practices as well as human rights violation and crimes under international law such as torture, enforced disappearances, sexual and gender-based violence, and extrajudicial executions.
REVIEW OF THE PERIODIC REPORT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
113th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
Geneva, 5 to 23 August 2024
Impact Iran | Kurdistan Human Rights Network | ARTICLE 19 | Ensemble contre la peine de mort | Rasank | Ahwaz Human Rights Organization | Balochistan Human Rights Group | Kurdistan Human Rights Association – Geneva | All Human Rights for All in Iran | Siamak Pourzand Foundation | PEN America | Kurdpa Human Rights Organization
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