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GID and forced to undergo sexual reassignment surgeries or sterilization as well as other socalled “reparative” treatments without being given accurate information on the risks of such procedures. NGO sources have also documented the use of electric shock therapies, prescribing psychoactive medication, hypnosis, among other reparative therapies on gay and lesbian individuals, including underage adolescents.13 14 Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented.15 13 6Rang, Reparative Therapies on Gays and Lesbians through Cruel, Inhumane and Humiliating Treatments Has Increased in Iran, July 13, 2018 14 6Rang, Submission to the third periodic review of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2015. 15 For more please see: Impact Iran submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, review of the 3rd and 4th periodic reports of the Islamic Republic of Iran 3

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Recommendations

Mechanism: CRC

Date: Mar 1, 2016

Paragraph number: 54

Full Recommendation: In light of its general comment No. 13 (2011) on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence, and taking note of Sustainable Development Goal 16.2 to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children, the Committee strongly urges the State party to immediately repeal all provisions which authorize or condone cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of children. It also recommends that the State party put an end to public executions, which have an irreversible negative effect on the mental health of children who witness them, by implementing the above-mentioned decree. Furthermore, the Committee urges the State party to ensure that LGBTI children are not subjected to cruel and degrading treatment such as electric shocks and the administration of hormones and strong psychoactive medications, and that those responsible for these acts are held accountable.

Recommendation Status: Not Implemented

Themes

Freedom from discrimination
Freedom from torture/CID treatment
Gender based violence
Protection of the child from all forms of violence
Right to health
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
The prevention of trafficking of children

Demographics

Children

Source Reference Info: CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4

Primary Documents

CRC 2016 para 54.pdf
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