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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.
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This report, the first to be submitted to the Human Rights Council, is submitted pursuant to Council resolution 16/9 and covers the human rights developments since the commencement of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on 1 August 2011. The Special Rapporteur e presented his first interim report to the General Assembly (A/66/374) in October 2011.
View list of reports and resolutions for the 66th session of the UN General Assembly.
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination monitors the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
Committee on the Rights of the Child monitors the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a committee of experts that monitors the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICCPR).
Human Rights Committee monitors the International Covenant on Civil And Political Rights (ICCPR).
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 17, 2012. The resolution was passed in the third committee during sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly in November 2011 by a vote of 86 in favor, 32 against, with 59 abstentions.
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Ahmed Shaheed presented his September 2011 interim report on situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UNGA Third Committee during its 66th session. The report outlines Dr. Shaheed’s methodology and desire for constructive dialogue with Iranian authorities. It tracks broad human rights violations and individual cases.
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The present report is submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 65/226, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report to it at its sixty-sixth session. 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 resolution 65/226, including recommendations to improve its implementation. In that 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 (A/65/370) and the specific calls to action found in previous resolutions of the Assembly (resolutions 63/191, 62/168 and 64/176), and to respect fully its human rights obligations, in law and in practice, in relation to a number of specifically identified concerns.
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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 sixteenth session on March 24, 2011. The resolution was passed by a vote of 22 in favor, 7 against, with 14 abstentions.
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The present report is submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 65/226, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit an interim report to the Human Rights Council at its sixteenth session. 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 resolution 65/226, including recommendations to improve its implementation. In that 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 (A/65/370) and the specific calls to action found in previous resolutions of the Assembly (resolutions 63/191, 62/168 and 64/176), and to respect fully its human rights obligations, in law and in practice, in relation to a number of specifically identified concerns.
View list of reports and resolutions for the 65th session of the UN General Assembly.
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 10, 2011. The resolution was passed in the third committee during sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly in November 2010 by a vote of 80 in favor, 44 against, with 57 abstentions.
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The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 64/176 and provides information on progress made in the implementation of that resolution. In its resolution 64/176, 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 (A/64/357) and the specific calls to action found in previous resolutions of the Assembly (resolutions 63/191 and 62/168, and to respect fully its human rights obligations, in law and in practice, in relation to a number of specifically identified concerns.
View list of reports and resolutions in relation to the 1st cycle of the Universal Periodic Review in 2010.
June 3, 2010
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Iran’s formal conclusions and views of the recommendations and statements offered by the working group.
March 15, 2010
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Summary of the interactions and recommendations issued by the United Nations Member States in the working goup.
View list of reports and resolutions for the 64th session of the UN General Assembly.
November 30, 2009
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Summary of stakeholder submissions regarding the human rights situation in Iran submitted to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the UPR Working Group.
November 25, 2009
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Office of the High Commissioner on Human Right’s report for the seventh Universal Periodic Review session.
November 18, 2009
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Iran’s National Report to the Seventh Session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group.
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran on March 26, 2010. The resolution was passed in the third committee during sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly in November 2009, by a vote of 74 in favour, 49 against and 59 abstentions.
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The present report, submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 63/191, is intended to provide an update to the previous report of the Secretary General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (A/63/459). The present report covers developments in the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran since June 2008, showing broad patterns and trends and drawing upon that country’s international treaty obligations and the observations made by treaty monitoring bodies and the special procedures of the Human Rights Council. The report focuses on the special concerns identified by the Assembly in resolution 63/191 but also includes an outline of human rights developments following the 2009 presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
View list of reports and resolutions for the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly.
