In September 2020, a group of UN human rights experts including the Special Rapporteur on
extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions and the chairperson of the Working Group on
Arbitrary Detention addressed a letter to the government of Iran asking for information regarding
the massacres to be made available, including official death registers for the time period and
information pertaining to steps taken to safeguard victim’s graves.7
On 3 May 2021, more than 150 former United Nations officials, international human rights and
legal experts, and more than 24 NGOs wrote to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
Michelle Bachelet, calling for an international Commission of Inquiry into the 1988 massacre. 8
Recommendation Status:
This recommendation has NOT been implemented.
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https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=25503
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/former-un-officials-call-for-inquiry-into-1988-iran-prison-massacres-1.1217164
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