GENEVA (9 November 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, will launch his second fact-finding mission to three European countries which host Iranian diaspora. Mr. Shaheed will visit Germany, Sweden and Norway from 11 to 22 ...
This supplement provides documented cases of detained students that served as part of the basis of Dr. Shaheed’s September 2012 report presented to the UNGA. The documentation is based on primary interviews and secondary research conducted for the September 2012 report (Click here for full supplement). Report Supplement ...
This supplement provides documented cases of individuals facing stoning sentences that served as the basis of Dr. Shaheed’s September 2012 report presented to the UNGA. The documentation is based on primary interviews and secondary research conducted for the September 2012 report (Click here for full supplement). Report Supplement Septmber 13, ...
GENEVA (12 October 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran, summary executions and torture reiterated today their call to the Islamic Republic of Iran to halt immediately all executions, particularly the eleven reported to be scheduled for tomorrow. “We urge the Iranian ...
The Islamic Republic provided a detailed reply to March 2013 report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This reply submitted to the SR prior to the 67th session of the ...
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The present report is submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 66/175, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit an interim report to the Human Rights Council at its nineteenth session. The report reflects the patterns and trends in the human rights situation in the Islamic ...
Name Offense Sentence Arrest Date Details Mohammad Amin Abdollahi Muharebeh Death Penalty 2008 Membership of Kurdish group. Charged 01/16/2010. second arrest- first in 2005 when charged with anti-regime propaganda Acting against national security Ali Afshari Muharebeh Death Penalty 12/14/10 Membership of Kurdish group. Charged 08/2011. Acting against national security Rashid ...
Committee on the Rights of the Child monitors the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
GENEVA (1 November 2012) – A group of United Nations independent experts called for the immediate release from prison of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent human rights lawyer, and Jafar Panahi, an internationally acclaimed film-maker, both of whom were recently awarded the prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the ...
This supplement provides documented cases of detained Christians that served as part of the basis of Dr. Shaheed’s September 2012 report presented to the UNGA. The documentation is based on primary interviews and secondary research conducted for the September 2012 report (Click here for full supplement). Report Supplement September 23, ...
This supplement provides documented cases of detained Baha’is that served as part of the basis of Dr. Shaheed’s September 2012 report presented to the UNGA. The documentation is based on primary interviews and secondary research conducted for the September 2012 report (Click here for full supplement). Report Supplement Septmber 23, ...
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The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members of the General Assembly the report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights, Ahmed Shaheed, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution ...
A/C.3/62/L.43 Distr.: Limited 2 November 2007 Original: English Sixty-second session Agenda item 70 (c) Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, ...
Tables of detained Bahá’ís, students, and women, and a list of Kurdish prisoners sentenced to death.
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Table I 32 Students Currently Detained Name Charges Sentence Arrest Date Details Ali Ajami Propaganda and conspiracy against the regime 4 years 2/1/10 Sentence later reduced to 2 years Javad Alikhani no information 5 years Fall 2007 Sentence later reduced to 3 years. Peyman Aref Propaganda against the regime 1 ...
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This supplement provides documented cases of detained journalists that served as part of the basis of Dr. Shaheed’s September 2012 report presented to the UNGA. The documentation is based on primary interviews and secondary research conducted for the September 2012 report (Click here for full supplement). Report Supplement Septmber 13, ...
GENEVA (20 September 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, welcomed the release of a Christian Pastor charged with apostasy, but expressed deep concern over the arrest and ...
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The Special Rapporteur's third report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran was presented to the 67th session of the UNGA Third Committee on 13 September 2012. ...
2 October 2012 (Geneva) The UN Human Rights Office is seriously concerned by the arrest and imprisonment of several prominent human rights defenders, journalists and political activists in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the past two weeks. This appears to reflect a further severe clamp down on critical voices ...
Download as PDF - This table contains the total documented cases of execution in Iran in 2012 based on research by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. A total of 489 persons were executed, while official government-announced executions totaled 280. ...
Name Offense Sentence Arrest Date Details Nasrin Sotoudeh Spreading lies against the state 11 years 9/4/10 Sotoudeh is a human rights Lawyer. Her sentence was later reduced on 09/2011 to 6 years and 10 year ban on practicing law Cooperating with the Center of Human Rights Defenders Acting against ...
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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 nineteenth session on March 22, 2012. The resolution was passed by a vote of 22 in favor, 5 against, with 20 abstentions.
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination monitors the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
