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The present report is submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 68/184, in which the Assembly requested that the Secretary-General submit a report to it at its sixty-ninth session. The report indicates the patterns and trends in the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran and describes the progress made in the implementation of the resolution. It also contains recommendations aimed at improving the human rights situation. In resolution 68/184, the Assembly called upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to address the substantive concerns highlighted in the previous reports of the Secretary General and to respect fully its human rights obligations, in law and in practice, in relation to a number of specifically identified concerns.
GENEVA (4 September 2014) – Three United Nations experts on human rights in Iran , freedom of religion, and minority
GENEVA (8 August 2014) – United Nations human rights experts* today expressed grave concern over the recent escalating trend of arrest and sentencing of individuals exercising their rights to freedom of expression and opinion, peaceful assembly and association.
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Iran’s National Report to the Twentieth Session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group.
June 26, 2014
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, expresses concern about the large number of executions in Iran since the beginning of the year.
GENEVA (5 June 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* expressed outrage at the execution of political prisoner Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani on 1 June and urged the Government to put an end to executions once and for all.
Mr. Khosravi was arrested in 2008 and initially sentenced to six years in prison for alleged espionage by a Revolutionary Court.
GENEVA (21 May 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Iranian authorities to halt
GENEVA (14 April 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, today urged the Islamic Republic of Iran to halt immediately the execution of an Iranian woman, Reyhaneh Jabbari, reported to be scheduled for tomorrow.
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The present report is submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 68/184, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit an interim report to the twenty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council. The report reflects the patterns and trends in the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran and provides information on the progress made in the implementation of that resolution, including recommendations to improve such implementation. In the resolution, the Assembly called upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to address the substantive concerns highlighted in the previous report of the Secretary-General and to respect fully its human rights obligations, in law and in practice, in relation to a number of specifically identified concerns.
GENEVA (10 April 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today expressed alarm at the denial of medical care to two political prisoners in Iran who are at risk of dying in detention due to worsening health conditions.
Archived video clips from the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council held in March 2014.
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Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, during the twenty-fifth session on March 28, 2014. The resolution was passed by a vote of 21 in favor, 9 against, with 16 abstentions.
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March 2014 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, presented to the 25th Session of the Human Rights Council
The Islamic Republic provides a reply to Special Rapporteur ‘s March 2014 draft report on the situation of human rights
GENEVA (12 March 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs* on the situation of human rights in Iran, on summary executions, on torture, and on violence against women expressed alarm today at the ongoing spike in executions in the country; which recently included the hanging of a former child bride amid questionable circumstances.
February 21, 2014
Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expresses concern regarding the large number of executions in Iran.
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The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center (ABC) is a non-governmental non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of human rights and democracy in Iran.
Through its programs of research, documentation, publications, and outreach, the Center hopes to help restore the dignity of Iran’s countless victims of human rights violations.
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Ahwaz Human Rights Organization (AHRO) is an international human rights advocacy organization, who supports and advocates for the Ahwazi Arabs – a national and linguistic minority, and an oppressed and persecuted ethnic group in the Southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan (also called Al-Ahwaz or Arabistan).
The Austrian non-governmental organization Südwind was implementing the project in co-operation with its partners. Südwind was founded in 1979 and has been in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council since 2009. Südwind is committed to sustainable global development, human rights and fair working conditions. Südwind’s work in Austria is conducted via a network of regional offices and partners. At the local, regional, national, and international levels, Südwind cooperates with organizations and institutions in the fields of international development, education, environment, culture, and social issues, as well as with various civil society networks and important political figures.
