A/RES/55/114 4. Calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran: (a) To invite the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on religious intolerance to visit the country and to resume its full cooperation with him, in particular so that he may study the evolution of the human rights situation in the country, including through direct contacts with all sectors of society, and to make full use of technical cooperation programmes in the field of human rights; (b) To give effect, in the near future, to its invitation to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to visit the Islamic Republic of Iran; (c) To consolidate respect for human rights and the rule of law and to abide by its freely undertaken obligations under the International Covenants on Human Rights 2 and under other international human rights instruments; (d) To make efforts to ensure the full application of due process of law and fair and transparent procedures by the judiciary and, in this context, to ensure the respect for the rights of the defence and the equity of the verdicts in all instances, including for members of religious minority groups; (e) To ensure that capital punishment will not be imposed for crimes other than the most serious and will not be pronounced in disregard of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights2 and United Nations safeguards and to provide the Special Representative with relevant statistics on this matter; (f) To accelerate the process of the investigation into the suspicious deaths and killings of intellectuals and political activists and to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice; (g) To eliminate all forms of discrimination based on religious grounds or against persons belonging to minorities; (h) To implement fully the conclusions and recommendations of the Special Representative with regard to religious intolerance relating to the Baha’is and other minority religious groups 7 until they are completely emancipated; (i) To take all necessary steps to end the use of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, in particular the practice of amputation; (j) To take further measures to promote full and equal enjoyment by women of their human rights; 5. Decides to continue the examination of the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the situation of minority groups such as the Baha’is, at its fifty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Human rights questions”, in the light of additional elements provided by the Commission on Human Rights. 81st plenary meeting 4 December 2000 7 Ibid., para. 110. 3