individuals who have been sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were under 18
years of age”.14
Iranian authorities executed at least 6 juvenile offenders in 2018, 4 in 2019 and 4 in 2020.15
The Islamic Republic of Iran has not urgently halted the planned execution of all child offenders,
and has not commuted the death sentences imposed on the basis of qisas and hudud crimes for all
child offenders.
Recommendation Status:
This recommendation has NOT been implemented.
14
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, January 2020,
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IR/Report_of_the_Special_Rapporteur_on_the_situation_of_human_rights_in_the_
Islamic_Republic_of_IranA4361.pdf
15
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4727
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