A/RES/68/184 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (c) To further revisit the revised Islamic Penal Code to make it consistent with its obligation, under article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to abolish executions of minors and persons who at the time of their offence were under the age of 18; (d) To eliminate, in law and in practice, all forms of discrimination and other human rights violations against women and girls, to promote women’s participation in decision-making positions and, while recognizing the high enrolment of women in all levels of education, to lift all restrictions on women’s equal access to all aspects of university education; (e) To eliminate, in law and in practice, all forms of discrimination and other human rights violations against persons belonging to religious, ethnic, linguistic or other minorities, recognized or otherwise; (f) To eliminate discrimination against, and exclusion of, members of certain groups, including members of the Baloch community and members of the Baha’i faith, regarding access to higher education, to eliminate the criminalization of efforts to provide higher education to Baha’i youth denied access to Iranian universities and to release those imprisoned for this reason; (g) To implement, inter alia, the 1996 report of the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance, 7 in which he recommended ways in which the Islamic Republic of Iran could emancipate the Baha’i community, to release the seven Baha’i leaders held since 2008 and to accord all Baha’is, including those imprisoned because of their beliefs, the due process of law and the rights that they are constitutionally guaranteed; (h) To launch a comprehensive accountability process in response to cases of serious human rights violations, including those involving the Iranian judiciary and security agencies, and to end impunity for such violations; (i) To fulfil pledges by the new President for greater space for freedom of expression and opinion by ending the harassment, intimidation and persecution of political opponents, human rights defenders, women’s rights activists, labour leaders, students, academics, film-makers, journalists and their families, other media representatives, bloggers, netizens, clerics, artists and lawyers, including by releasing persons detained arbitrarily or on the basis of their political views, and in this regard welcoming the reopening of the House of Cinema; (j) To end restrictions on the press and media representatives, Internet users and Internet providers, including the selective jamming of satellite broadcasts, that violate the rights to freedom of expression and association; (k) To uphold, in law and in practice, procedural guarantees to ensure due process of law; Also calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to 7. strengthen its national human rights institutions in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles), 8 as it committed itself to doing in the framework of its universal periodic review by the Human Rights Council; 9 _______________ 7 E/CN.4/1996/95/Add.2. Resolution 48/134, annex. 9 See A/HRC/14/12 and Add.1 and Corr.1. 8 4/6