Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
A/HRC/40/67 para 70(d)
Full recommendation:
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government and Parliament ensure that medical
care is urgently provided to those individuals in detention who need it, including those identified
in the present report, in light of the imminent threat to life or serious deterioration of their
health. Ensure that all individuals in custody receive adequate, prompt and regular health care,
including specialist care as needed, on the basis of their informed consent.
Assessment using Impact Iran human rights indicators1
A. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government and Parliament ensure that
medical care is urgently provided to those individuals in detention who need it, including
those identified in the present report, in light of the imminent threat to life or serious
deterioration of their health.
Iran’s Prison Regulations provide for the management and supervision of all prisons and
detention center in the country, including the conditions of detentions such access to adequate
food and water and medical care for detainees, visits and communications with the family. The
Regulations specify that all prisoners should have access to medical care, including regular
medical check-ups, and that their medical needs should be addressed to the extent possible unless
transfer to treatment centers outside the prison is considered necessary. 2 3
Article 502 of Iran’s Criminal Code of Procedure (2015) provides that “whenever the convicted
individual suffers from physical or mental illnesses and the implementation of the sentence
would exacerbate the illness or delay the recovery, the Judge Overseeing Implementation of
Sentences shall, after obtaining the opinion of the Legal Medicine Organization of Iran, postpone
the implementation until the time of the recovery.” The Code further adds that, if there is no
prospect of recovery and the judge is satisfied that the convicted person is unfit to serve the
sentence, the judge will refer the case to the court that originally issued the sentence to issue an
alternative sentence.4
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CCPR.10.1.S.1
CCPR.10.3.P.2 ; CCPR.10.3.P.3
CCPR.10.1.O.1; CCPR.10.1.O.2; CCPR.10.1.O.3
2
See more: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, https://iranhrdc.org/rights-disregarded-prisons-in-the-islamic-republic-ofiran/
3
See more: Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1341962016ENGLISH.PDF
4
Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1341962016ENGLISH.PDF
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