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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Right Honorable Ulf Kristersson Prime Minister of Sweden The Right Honorable Tobias BillströmMinister for Foreign Affairs for Sweden February 15, 2023 Dear Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, We are writing to urge the Swedish Government to take action to support the courageous women of Iran, who have ...
TIMELINE: Hijab Laws/Regulations/Announcements since Sep 2022 2023 Jina Mahsa Amini A government spokesperson announced that the bill proposed by the judiciary regarding chastity and hijab was examined and approved by the government and sent for review to the Islamic Council. The draft bill includes identification of non-compliance of hijab through ...
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 ...
The 52nd session of the Human Rights Council (27 February – 4 April 2023) was the first HRC session since the establishment of the Fact-Finding Mission, a new mandate investigating human rights violations in Iran related to the protests that began on 16 September 2022. High Level Segment It began ...
An organizational chart outlining the structure of the Fact-finding Mission's ...
Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of democracy, which allows individuals and groups to enjoy several other human rights and freedoms. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur was created by the Human Rights Council to protect and promote freedom of opinion and expression, offline and online, in light of international ...
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 ...
On March 20, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, presented the first UN report on the deadly repression of the recent Iran protests to the Human Rights Council. Find the full report here, and the full broadcast (in two ...
Statement delivered by Mr. Christian Guillermet, Viceminister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica During HRC52, High-Level Panel on Death Penalty (from the floor) Tuesday 28 February 2023, 10am CET Mr. President, I deliver this statement on behalf of a cross regional group of 54 countries. The complete version of this ...
Mr. Gerard Quinn was appointed the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the Human Rights Council in October 2020. He holds two research chairs at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute on Human Rights in the University of Lund (Sweden) and Leeds University (United Kingdom of Great Britain and ...
