In its 2019 National Report to the Universal Periodic Review, the Government of the Islamic
Republic of Iran reported that the Citizenship Rights Watch Board carries periodic inspections
within prisons and detention centers. According to the Government the body has “received and
handled 3,275 complaints and reports, through the complaint system, in relation with civil rights
violations. Between 2015 and 2018, a number of 28,504 inspections were carried out to
prosecutors' offices, prisons and detention centers.”8 There is no readily available information
about the outcome of such inspections. Additionally, there is no readily official and available
information as to the number of complaints, their nature and whether they have been adequately
investigated and adjudicated in compliance with international standards. There is no readily
available information that might suggest that custodial staff has been investigated for cases of
denial of medical care as a form of punishment, or cases where medical care was made
conditional upon making confessions.
In light of the above-mentioned information, the Islamic Republic of Iran has not ensured that
medical care for detainees is never made conditional upon their making confessions and that
officials who deny medical care to prisoners and detainees or who withhold medication as a form
of coercion, as punishment or to elicit confessions are punished.
Recommendation Status:
This recommendation has NOT been implemented.
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National Report, UPR 2019, Islamic Republic of Iran, https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRN/1
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