received and investigated, including vis-à-vis cases of arbitrary detentions before revolutionary courts and special clerical courts. The Iranian High Council for Human Rights has been established as a “national coordinating and policy-making institution in the field of human rights”26 and reportedly is composed mostly of government and judicial officials.27 There is no readily available information that might indicate that the institution monitors the compliance of revolutionary and special clerical courts with international human rights standards. In 2004 the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention recommended the “progressive transfer of authority from the revolutionary tribunals and clerical courts to the ordinary courts to reduce the proliferation of judicial decision-making bodies”.28 In 2020, revolutionary tribunals and special clerical courts are still in existence in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The new Criminal Code of Procedure (2015) and the Code of Procedure for the Special Court of the Clergy suggest that a transfer of revolutionary and special clerical tribunals to ordinary courts is not envisaged in the near future. Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented. 26 National Report Submitted In Accordance With Paragraph 15 (A) Of The Annex To Human Rights Council Resolution 5/1: Islamic Republic of Iran, UN Doc. A/HRC/WG.6/7/IRN/1, 18 November 2009, para. 65 27 Amnesty International, https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/IRN/INT_CCPR_NGO_IRN_103_9081_E.pdf 28 Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, 2004, https://documents-ddsny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G03/147/77/pdf/G0314777.pdf?OpenElement 4