The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system, consisting of 47-member states that the UN General Assembly elects. It was founded in 2006 to replace the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The council is responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights internationally, as well as addressing situations of human rights violations and providing recommendations to mend them.
The Human Rights Council holds its regular sessions three times a year, in March, June, and September. It reviews and votes on renewing the mandate related to the human rights situation in Iran every March.
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, ...
TO: Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council Your Excellency, We, the undersigned Iranian and international human rights organisations, call on your country to support the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of ...
Events in greyº are TBC 26 FEBº High-Level Segment Visit from and statement of Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran (TBC, has been announced by the Mission but might still change)* 4 MAR Global update from High Commissioner Volker Türk We expect a mention of ...
Thank you Chair, On behalf of ARC Association, All Human Rights for All in Iran and of the Coalition Impact Iran, we welcome the topic of this Forum. The contribution of science, technology and innovation to the promotion of human rights is a timely topic. Their contribution to the promotion ...
As the Human Rights Council session closes, a year after Jina Mahsa Amini and the start of nationwide protests, Iran’s disregard for its international obligations demonstrates the need for continued monitoring and concrete actions. The 54th session of the Human Rights Council was concomitant with the first anniversary of the ...
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 ...
شورای حقوق بشر سازمان ملل از ۱۹ ژوئن تا ۱۴ ژوئیه ۲۰۲۳ پنجاه و سومین نشست معمولی خود را در قصر ملل در ژنوِ سوئيس برگزار کرد. این نشست شامل چندین جلسه، رویداد و اظهاراتی از سوی دولت‌های عضو درباره اوضاع حقوق بشر در جمهوری اسلامی ایران بود: ۱۹ ژوئن: ...
This morning at the HRC, the FFMI addressed the Human Rights Council (HRC) for the first time. Sara Hossain, Chair of the FFMI, delivered an oral update on behalf of the FFMI (فارسی). Ambassador Shara Duncan Villalobos from Costa Rica delivered a joint statement on behalf of 53 member states, ...
A leaked document discloses that in 2022, Iran’s former security chief, Ali Shamkhani, warned Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei about a UN fact-finding mission focused on human rights violations. The confidential letter was revealed by the hacktivist group ‘Uprising till Overthrow’ on Sunday June 25 – its authenticity has not yet ...
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 ...
On March 8 2024, International Women’s Day, The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran published its report to the Human Rights Council during its 55th session. The report found that human rights violations committed in the context of the Woman Life Freedom protests in the wake ...
دوشنبه ۲۹ ژانویه ۲۰۲۴ آقای کمیسیونر عالی، خانم معاون کمیسیونر عالی، ما، سازمان‌های جامعه مدنی، که برای بهبود حقوق بشر در جمهوری اسلامی ایران تلاش می‌کنیم عمیقا نگران سفر اعلام‌شده نادا الناشف، معاون کمیسیونر عالی، به جمهوری اسلامی ایران در روزهای ۲ تا ۵ فوریه ۲۰۲۴ هستیم. ما ارزش گفتگو ...
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 Sara Hossain, chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on 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 for ...
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, ...
From June 19 to July 14 2023, the United Nations Human Rights Council held its 53rd regular session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The session featured several meetings, events, and remarks from Member States on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Opening of ...
Delivered by Ambassador Shara DUNCAN VILLALOBOS Mr. President, I deliver this statement on behalf of 53 Member States. We would like to thank the Fact-Finding Mission for their update. We are particularly concerned by the reports of the ongoing surge of executions in Iran and the authorities’ use of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Monday 29 January 2024 Mister High Commissioner, Madame Deputy High Commissioner, We, civil society organizations working to promote human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, are gravely concerned by the announced visit of Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif to the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2 to 5 February ...
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 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 ...
۵ ژوئیه ۲۰۲۳ ژنو، سوئیس صبح امروز در شورای حقوق بشر، کمیته حقیقت‌یاب برای اولین بار شورا را خطاب قرار داد. سارا حسین، رئیس کمیته حقیقت‌یاب، گزارش شفاهی خود را از طرف این نهاد ارائه کرد. شارا دانکن ویالوبوس، سفیر کاستاریکا، بیانیه مشترک ۵۳ دولت عضو را ارائه کرد. این ...
July 5 2023 Delivered by Roya Boroumand I am delivering this statement on behalf of ARTICLE 19, the coalition Impact Iran and Front Line Defenders. We welcome the investigation work of the Fact-Finding Mission and look forward to the precedent it will play in documenting the rights violations and international ...
