Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran A/RES/68/184 8. Notes the recent engagement by the Islamic Republic of Iran with the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, recalls its previous engagement with the Human Rights Committee, 10 and calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to consider acting upon the concluding observations adopted by those committees; Calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to effectively 9. 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. Strongly encourages the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to implement all of the recommendations that it accepted in the framework of its universal periodic review by the Human Rights Council, with the full and genuine participation of 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 eight 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 right to education, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, the Independent Expert on minority issues, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice; _______________ 10 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 40 (A/67/40), vol. I, para. 107. 5/6