sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were under 18 years of age”.33 According to Iran Human Rights, Iranian authorities executed at least 6 juvenile offenders in 2018, 4 in 2019 and 4 in 2020. 34 The prohibition of the imposition of the death penalty on children is widely considered to be jus cogens under international law and represents a violation of Articles 6(5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Human Rights Committee has explicitly stipulated that the death penalty cannot be imposed if it cannot be proven, beyond reasonable doubt, that the accused was older than 18 years old at the time of the offence.35 Executions of child offenders continue to be conducted in the Islamic Republic of Iran. There is no readily available information that might indicate the existence of steps taken by the Government to repeal laws imposing the death penalty against child offenders. Recommendation Status: This recommendation has been PARTIALLY implemented. 33 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, January 2020, https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IR/Report_of_the_Special_Rapporteur_on_the_situation_of_human_rights_in_the_ Islamic_Republic_of_IranA4361.pdf 34 https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4727 35 UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), General comment no. 36, Article 6 (Right to Life), 3 September 2019, CCPR/C/GC/35, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5e5e75e04.html 6