UNITED NATIONS E Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/1996/95/Add.2 9 February 1996 ENGLISH Original: FRENCH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-second session Item 18 of the provisional agenda IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF INTOLERANCE AND OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF Report submitted by Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, Special Rapporteur, in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/23 Addendum Visit by the Special Rapporteur to the Islamic Republic of Iran CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 4 3 5 - 22 3 5 - 20 3 Islamic criteria provided for by the Iranian Constitution . . . . . . . 5 - 6 3 2. Official religion . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 9 4 3. Situation of minorities . . . . . . . . . 10 - 20 4 Other legal provisions and concerns of the Special Rapporteur - Conversion . . . . . 21 - 22 6 LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF TOLERANCE AND NON-DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Constitutional provisions and concerns of the Special Rapporteur . . . . . . . . . . 1. B. Page GE.96-10630 (E)