A/RES/58/195 arrest and detention, the denial of free worship or of publicly carrying out communal affairs and the disregard of property rights; (i) The continuing persecution and arbitrary sentencing to prison of human rights defenders, political opponents, religious dissenters and reformists; 3. Calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran: (a) To abide by its obligations freely undertaken under the International Covenants on Human Rights2 and other international human rights instruments, including those relating to freedom of opinion and expression, the use of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and the promotion and protection of the human rights of women and girls, and to continue its efforts to consolidate respect for human rights and the rule of law; (b) To respond fully to the recommendations of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the Commission on Human Rights; (c) To continue to cooperate with United Nations mechanisms, in particular with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, and to respond fully to their recommendations; (d) To expedite judicial reform, to guarantee the dignity of the individual and to ensure the full application of due process of law and fair and transparent procedures by an independent and impartial judiciary, and in this context to ensure respect for the rights of the defence and the equity of verdicts in all instances, including for members of religious minority groups; (e) To appoint an impartial prosecutor, noting the re-establishment, since December 2001, within the Islamic Republic of Iran of the Office of the Prosecutor General; (f) To eliminate all forms of discrimination based on religious grounds or against persons belonging to minorities, including the Baha’is, Christians, Jews and Sunnis, and to address this matter in an open manner, with the full participation of the minorities themselves; (g) To take all necessary measures to end amputation and public flogging and to pursue vigorously penitentiary reform; Encourages the thematic mechanisms of the Commission on Human 4. Rights, including the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, to visit the Islamic Republic of Iran, and encourages the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to cooperate with these special mechanisms and to respond fully to their subsequent recommendations; Decides to continue its examination of the situation of human rights in 5. the Islamic Republic of Iran, paying particular attention to further developments, including the situation of the Baha’is and other minority groups, at its fifty-ninth session, under the item entitled “Human rights questions”, in the light of additional elements provided by the Commission on Human Rights. 77th plenary meeting 22 December 2003 3