Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
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human rights (the Paris Principles)8 by establishing an independent national human
rights institution as it committed itself to doing in the framework of its first
universal periodic review by the Human Rights Council, 9 with due regard for the
recommendation of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;10
8.
Notes the recent engagement by the Islamic Republic of Iran with human
rights treaty bodies, including the submission of national periodic reports to the
Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, and calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to
consider acting upon the concluding observations adopted by those Committees;
9.
Calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to effectively
implement its obligations under those human rights treaties to which it is already a
party, to withdraw any reservations that it may have made upon signature or
ratification of other international human rights instruments where such reservations
are overly general, imprecise or could be considered incompatible with the object
and purpose of the treaty, to consider acting upon the concluding observations
concerning the Islamic Republic of Iran adopted by the bodies of the international
human rights treaties to which it is a party and to consider ratifying or acceding to
the international human rights treaties to which it is not already a party;
10. Notes with concern the poor implementation record of the Government of
the Islamic Republic of Iran in respect of the recommendations that it had accepted
during its first universal periodic review by the Human Rights Council, and strongly
encourages the Government to implement all accepted recommendations, including
from its second universal periodic review, with the full and genuine participation of
independent civil society and other stakeholders in the implementation process;
11. Expresses deep concern that, despite the standing invitation issued by the
Islamic Republic of Iran to all thematic special procedures mandate holders, it has
not fulfilled any requests from those special mechanisms to visit the country in nine
years and has left unanswered the vast majority of the numerous and repeated
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 can be conducted;
12. Expresses serious concern about allegations of reprisals against
individuals for their cooperation or contact with United Nations human rights
mechanisms or representatives;
13. Strongly encourages the thematic special procedures mandate holders to
pay particular attention to, with a view to investigating and reporting on, 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 rights to freedom of peaceful assembly
and of association, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
defenders, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, the Special
Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the Special Rapporteur on
violence against women, its causes and consequences, the Special Rapporteur on the
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8
Resolution 48/134, annex.
See A/HRC/14/12 and Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1.
10
See E/C.12/IRN/CO/2.
9
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