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Balochistan Human Rights Group (BHRG) is an independent and non-profit human rights organization that focuses on research, documentation, and communication. BHRG provides relevant, verified and up-to-date information regarding the human rights situation in Western (Iranian) ...
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IHR’s aim has been to create an abolitionist movement in Iran by increasing awareness about the death penalty. In recent years the number of executions in Iran has been rising and there are now a growing number of human rights defenders, groups and even political organizations ...
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OutRight seeks to advance human rights and opportunities for LGBTIQ people around the world by developing critical partnerships at global, regional, and national levels to build capacity, document violations, advocate for inclusion and equality, and hold leaders accountable for protecting the rights of all LGBTIQ people. ...
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Today in Iran, people are imprisoned for simply voicing their opinions. United for Iran empowers a growing global network of issue experts, coders, developers, and activists to create an Iran where civil liberties are respected. Our technologies empower Iranians to keep informed, voice their beliefs, stand ...
View list of reports and resolutions for the 68th session of the UN General Assembly.
Dr. Shaheed will be on a panel this week in London for the launch of a report on online repression in Iran. The event will be live tweeted on Dr. Shaheed’s Twitter account @shaheedsr. Event information below. RSVP & DETAILS EVENT: Computer Crimes in Iran: Online Repression in Practice (report ...
Contains detainee cases for the March 2013 report, based on interviews and secondary research, in the following chapters:
I. Human Rights Activists & Political Prisoners
II. Juvenile Offenders
III. Journalists
IV. Religious Minorities
V. Ethnic Minorities
VI. Student Activists
VII. LGBT
A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today warned that unreasonable limitations placed on the right of Iranian citizens to stand for Presidential office, discrimination against women candidates for elections and ongoing restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly, constitute a serious violations of rights guaranteed ...
GENEVA (12 March 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, today expressed alarm with numerous allegations and reports he continue to receive about the current human rights situation in Iran, “which require to be addressed urgently.” ...
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Founded in 2001, the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) is an Iranian human rights organization which advocates for the rights of women, political prisoners, and minorities in Iran. Its president is 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, and its vice president is 2023 Nobel Peace Prize ...
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The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center is an independent non-profit organization that was founded in 2004 by human rights scholars and lawyers. The mission of the Center is to: establish a comprehensive and objective historical record of the human rights situation in Iran, and on the ...
GENEVA (22 January 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and on summary executions, Christof Heyns, today called on the Government of Iran to urgently halt the abrupt surge in hangings in the country since the start of ...
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran on December 18, 2013. The resolution was passed in the third committee during sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly in November 2013 by a vote of 86 in favor, ...
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The Special Rapporteur's October 2013 report provides an overview of the prevailing human rights situation, with a focus on systemic issues that pose obstacles to the ability of the Islamic Republic of Iran to comply with ...
GENEVA (23 September 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, has welcomed the recent release of a number of prisoners of conscience, and renewed his call for the release of hundreds of other prisoners detained “solely ...
GENEVA (13 May 2013) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today called on the Iranian authorities for the immediate release of seven Baha’i community leaders, known as the Yaran, nearing the fifth anniversary of their arrests, whose detentions were declared arbitrary by the UN Working Group ...
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Since 2000, ECPM has been fighting against the death penalty worldwide by uniting and rallying abolitionist forces across the world. ECPM advocates with international bodies and encourage universal abolition through education, information, and public awareness campaigns. ECPM strengthens the capacities of abolitionist actors and act alongside ...
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KURDPA is an independent news agency and the leading source for the latest information on Kurdistan in Iran, with daily coverage in three languages. Founded in 2011, KURDPA's on-the-ground reporting highlights human rights concerns affecting the Iranian Kurdish community. ...
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This foundation was launched in April 2013 in the memory of late Siamak Pourzand, an Iranian journalist and a former prisoner of conscience in Iran who took his own life under house arrest in 2011.
The Siamak Pourzand Foundation (SPF) promotes freedom of expression for artists, writers, ...
Download as PDF - Signed in December of 2017, The Citizenship Rights Charter contains 120 articles, laying out each individual right of Iranian Citizens.
GENEVA (13 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, started today a fact-finding mission to Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris, to gather information about the past and present experiences of victims of reported human rights violations ...
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The present report is submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 67/182, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its sixty-eighth session. The report reflects the patterns and trends in the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran and provides information ...
The Islamic Republic provides a reply to Special Rapporteur ‘s October 2013 report on the situation of human rights in Iran, which was presented to the UNGA’s 3rd committee. This reply was submitted to the SR during drafting and the comments were incorporated into the final report. ...
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The present report is submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 67/182, in which the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit an interim report to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-second session. The report reflects the patterns and trends in the human rights situation in the ...
