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(i) To uphold due process of law rights, to end impunity for human rights
violations, and to launch a credible, impartial and independent investigation into the
allegations of post-presidential election human rights violations;
Further calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to
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redress its inadequate record of cooperation with international human rights
mechanisms by, inter alia, reporting pursuant to its obligations to the treaty bodies
of the instruments to which it is a party and cooperating fully with all international
human rights mechanisms, and encourages the Government of the Islamic Republic
of Iran to continue exploring cooperation on human rights and justice reform with
the United Nations, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights;
Expresses deep concern that, despite the Islamic Republic of Iran’s
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standing invitation to all thematic special procedures mandate holders, it has not
fulfilled any requests from those special mechanisms to visit the country in four
years and has not answered numerous communications from those special
mechanisms, and strongly urges the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to
fully cooperate with the special mechanisms, including facilitating their visits to its
territory, so that credible and independent investigations of all allegations of human
rights violations, particularly those arising since 12 June 2009, can be conducted;
Invites the thematic special procedures mandate holders to pay particular
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attention to the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in particular
the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to
freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights defenders, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Working
Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, with a view to investigating and
reporting on the various human rights violations that have arisen since 12 June
2009;
Requests the Secretary-General to report to it at its sixty-fifth session on
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the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution;
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Decides to continue its examination of the situation of human rights in
the Islamic Republic of Iran at its sixty-fifth session under the item entitled
“Promotion and protection of human rights”.
65th plenary meeting
18 December 2009
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