On 4 November 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Committee issued its concluding observations regarding Iran’s record of upholding civil and political rights.
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UN Human Rights Committee Drills Iran on Treaty Violations
The UN Human Rights Committee, the expert treaty body tasked with reviewing countries’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), confronted the Iranian government delegation with grave violations of the treaty on 17 and 18 October in Geneva.
UN Human Rights Committee Sharply Criticizes Increasing Flogging Sentences in Iran
As flogging sentences issued and carried out by Iranian judges and judicial authorities are on the rise, during a meeting of the UN Human Rights Committee today in which the Iranian government’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is under review, members of the Committee sharply criticized Iranian authorities at […]
Iran must acknowledge abuses before UN Committee : Amnesty International
The Iranian authorities will make a farce of a UN Committee hearing into Iran’s human rights record unless they acknowledge current and past abuses, Amnesty International warned today.
The Human Rights House of Iran Launches “Anti-Death Penalty Committee”
As the World Day against Death Penalty approaches, the Human Rights House of Iran has launched its “Anti-Death Penalty Committee”
Committee to Protect Journalist: Iran must work toward improving press freedom
The Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) has sent a letter to Ahmed Shaheed,U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, to provide him with an assessment of the country’s situation of press freedom ahead of his report on human rights in Iran to the U.N. General Assembly in September, the CPJ’s […]
UNESCO adds Persian garden to World Heritage List
Tehran Times – The Persian garden was registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Monday. The decision to register the property on the list was made during the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee, which opened in Paris on June 19. The meeting comes to an end today.