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, ...
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 ...
Iran Power Structure Outline Artboard 1.2 Supreme Leader At the top of the pyramid structure of government is the Supreme Leader of the revolution, a man and cleric selected by the Majlis Khobregan (Assembly of Experts). The Supreme Leader, the faqih, has absolute power over the total system. Specifically, he ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
We, the undersigned, are deeply alarmed and appalled by the chilling surge in executions by the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past few months, including the recent wave of executions targeting protesters. These executions are deliberately designed to spread fear among the Iranian population and quash any form of ...
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 ...
TIMELINE 2022 Jina Mahsa Amini Mahsa Amini, a 22 year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, is arrested in Tehran for “improper wear of the hijab”. Two days later, she dies in police custody. CT scans confirm she received multiple head wounds, and multiple witnesses report that she was severely beaten. September 14 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ongoing updates on laws, regulations, and announcements related to wearing of the hijab since September ...
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 ...
