received and investigated, including vis-à-vis cases of arbitrary and abusive solitary
confinement. There are no readily available reports from the Article 90 Parliamentary
Commission on prisons or information that might indicate that the issue has been discussed in
the Parliament.
The Iranian High Council for Human Rights has been established as a “national coordinating
and policy-making institution in the field of human rights”23, and is reportedly composed
mostly of government and judicial officials.24 There is no readily available information that
might indicate that the institution monitors the compliance of prisons and their resort to
solitary confinement with international human rights standards.
Recommendation Status:
This recommendation has NOT been implemented.
23
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
24
Amnesty International,
https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/IRN/INT_CCPR_NGO_IRN_103_9081_E.pdf
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