Human Rights Monitoring Will Continue March 27, 2015—The United Nations Human Rights Council voted today to renew the mandate of Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, signaling the international community’s continued concern over the state of human rights in Iran. The resolution to renew the […]
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The Campaign’s 2014 UPR Submission
This submission by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran provides information regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s implementation of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Recommendations that the Government of Iran accepted after the First Review in 2010, as stipulated in the Guidelines for Relevant Stakeholders Submissions. (DOWNLOAD THE REPORT HERE) All of the […]
Shaheed Tells the UN Rights Council Deep Reforms Needed
March 17, 2014, Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, officially presented his latest report to the UN Human Rights Council. Stating that he had met with representatives from the Iranian Judiciary and other government organizations in Geneva, Shaheed said, “the report before the Council demonstrates that […]
Reply by the Islamic Republic to the Draft of the SR’s March 2014 Report
The Islamic Republic provides a reply to Special Rapporteur ‘s March 2014 draft report on the situation of human rights in Iran, which was presented to the UNGA’s 3rd committee. This reply was submitted to the SR during drafting, the final report is linked below. Read the Islamic Republic of Iran’s reply to the […]
Sadegh Larijani’s Polite Response to Critics
Last week after the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly issued its resolution on human rights violations in Iran, the head of Iran’s judiciary branch of government ayatollah Sadegh Larijani said during a speech, “One of the roots of the assertions made regarding human rights is related to the difference in principles between […]
UN Special Rapporteur Hopes New President Will Allow Visits, Officials Reticent
Although the United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in Iran remains hopeful that Iran’s new administration will take a different tactic from its predecessor and allow him to visit the country, last week’s statements by Iranian Judiciary and Foreign Ministry officials indicated that the refusal will likely continue. In an August 24 interview […]
Renewed attacks on the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur
FIDH and its member organization, the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI), express their disappointment at recent statements by Iranian high-level officials regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s persistent rejection of the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. FIDH […]
Dear President-Elect Rouhani: Can we PLEASE Give this Poor Young Man a Break?
Dear President-Elect Rouhani: I am writing to you to ask you to stop the astounding brutalization heaped upon a young man who has had to pay a horrible price for his mere participation in peaceful political activism. I welcome your recent statements that indicate your desire to usher in reforms that would lead to greater […]
Gonabadi Dervish Lawyers and Majzooban Noor Website Managers: ” Not to Appeal Against Convictions”
After Gonabadi Dervish lawyers and managers of Majzooban Noor website were notified by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Salavati, in imposing sentences to a long term of 56 years imprisonment, they stated not to want to appeal against their sentences. According to Majzooban Noor, these seven imprisoned […]