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.
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 ...
ائتلاف «ایمپکت ایران» و نهادهای عضو آن به عنوان سازمان‌هایی که متعهد به ترویج احترام به حقوق بشر هستند ناراحتی و نگرانی عمیق خود را از انتصاب اخیر آقای علی بحرینی، نماینده دائم جمهوری اسلامی ایران در سازمان ملل، به عنوان رئیس مجمع اجتماعی شورای حقوق بشر سازمان ملل اعلام ...
Find a PDF version of the Q&A here. نسخه فارسی Q+A را اینجا بیابید. Introduction The past decade has seen a substantial shift in support of UN bodies –– the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Security Council (UNSC), and Human Rights Council (HRC) –– for investigation mechanisms that can make direct ...
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 ...
Ahead of its first interactive dialogue July 5th, The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran has published its terms of reference, outlining its mandate, composition, standards and method of work, and more. For more information on the Fact-Finding Mission, see Impact Iran’s FFM Question & Answers ...
11 May 2023 As organizations dedicated to promoting respect for human rights, Impact Iran and its members express their profound dismay and concern at the recent appointment of Mr. Ali Bahreini, the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations (UN), as Chair-Rapporteur of the UN ...
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 ...
Fact Sheet · The Situation of human rights in Iran Download a PDF version of the fact sheet here. VIOLENT REPRESSION OF PEACEFUL PROTESTS Over the last six months, scores of Iranians have taken to the streets as part of an unprecedented wave of nationwide protests triggered by the custodial ...
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 ...
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 ...
Find an English version of the FFM Q&A here. نسخه PDF Q&A را در اینجا بیابید. ترجمه فارسی پرسش و پاسخ درباره هیات حقیقت‌یاب مستقل بین‌المللی در مورد جمهوری اسلامی ایران (FFMI) مارس ۲۰۲۳ تولید شده توسط: «ایمپکت ایران» هیات حقیقت‌یاب مستقل بین‌المللی در مورد ...
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 ...
Fact Cards: The Fact Finding Mission on Iran What is the Fact-Finding Mission? The Fact-Finding Mission for Iran is a specialised investigative mechanism established by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the alleged human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran related to the protests that began ...
