Reports have shown that police and judges often consider domestic violence as internal family matters.20 Police intervention has been reportedly discouraged and parties urged to settle out-ofcourt. 21 22 State institutions and Iranian authorities have been reportedly unwilling to investigate, punish perpetrators and provide social services to victims of sexual assault or rape.23 Between March 2018 and March 2019, the National Organization for Civil Registration reported over 30,000 marriages involving girls between the age of 10 and 14, including 209 marriages involving girls under the age of 11. 24 25 However, the number is likely to be higher as many child marriages are unregistered.26 In January 2020 the Secretary General highlighted that “the Government [of the Islamic Republic of Iran] expressed the view that setting the minimum age of marriage regardless of the cultural context would increase unregistered marriages.”27 b. Develop programmes and policies for the prevention, recovery and social reintegration of child victims, including child brides, in accordance with the documents adopted at the World Congresses against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. Although recovery and reintegration programs for child victims fall under the purview of the State Welfare Organization of Iran, there are no reports to assess their quality and effectiveness in receiving and addressing cases of mistreatment. Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented. 20 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Iran, U.S. Department of State UN General Assembly, ‘Situation of human rights in Iran’ (para 32), 31 August 2015 22 Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Country Information report, Iran, 2020 23 Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, 2020 24 Report of the Secretary General, Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020, para 37 25 See www.sabteahval.ir/avej/tab-1499.aspx (in Farsi) 26 Report of the Secretary General, Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020, para 37 27 Report of the Secretary General, Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020, para 37 21 3