REF0607
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should adopt legislation criminalizing domestic violence and take steps to effectively combat domestic violence. It should ensure that victims have immediate access to means of redress and protection, including through the establishment of a sufficient number of safe houses for victims. The State party should ensure that acts of domestic violence are effectively investigated and that perpetrators are prosecuted and sanctioned. The State party should also ensure that a husband is not exempted from punishment for voluntary manslaughter, in the event that he murders his wife on suspicion of adultery.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Gender based violence
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
- Date modified
- Mar 22, 2021
REF0592
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Aug 1, 1993
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that active measures should be taken to enhance the status of women in the Islamic Republic of Iran in accordance with articles 2, 3 and 23 of the Covenant and to guarantee their equal enjoyment of rights and freedoms.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/79/Add.25
- Date modified
- Mar 22, 2021
REF0574
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Listen to the voices of women.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of expression
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0473
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that women enjoy full freedom and rights to become equal partners in decision-making in the home, at work and in society at large;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0472
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that women have equal rights to enter into marriage and during the marriage relationship, as well as at its dissolution;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Freedom from discrimination
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0474
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Support research on the linkages between discrimination and violence against women and family and societal well-being;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Freedom from discrimination
- Gender based violence
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0463
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Conduct research on violence against women and to collect data concerning its prevalence;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0464
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Conduct a full investigation into suicides of young women and their relationship to diverse forms of violence against women, to design preventive and protective measures to address these suicides, and to prevent the development of prejudice in public opinion that would revictimize survivors of suicide attempts and/or their families;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0460
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Review all cases of women currently being detained for crimes related to sexual and moral conduct who did not have a fair trial or enjoy guarantees of due process with a view to retrying the case or releasing the accused woman.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0461
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Provide effective protection to women who have experienced violence by ensuring that they are able to approach the police, to secure alternative housing and to access medical care;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to adequate housing
- Right to health
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0456
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Institute proper investigation procedures for rape cases and ensure that rape victims are not subject to prosecution under adultery provisions where they are unable to prove rape;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0455
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that punishments do not discriminate against women, that they are proportionate to the offence, and that they are determined by a court of law in accordance with the principles of equality and non-discrimination;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0451
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that the right to a fair trial is fully respected and that all women detainees are brought to trial, with access to a lawyer and legal aid where necessary, without undue delay;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0458
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Abolish requirements that women present eyewitnesses in order to prove that they have been subjected to violence and allow women to prove violence through medical or police reports and other credible evidence;
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Gender based violence
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0444
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Implement the provisions of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders in order to ensure that women human rights defenders are able to carry out their work with full autonomy and without being subjected to retaliation by the State or other actors.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0443
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Ratify the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and protect women victims of trafficking, ensure accountability of the traffickers and provide compensation to the victims;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Ratification Status
- The prevention of trafficking of children
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0439
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Ensure full respect for all human rights, as guaranteed in international human rights treaties ratified by Iran, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which, inter alia, guarantee the right to non-discrimination based on sex
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0438
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women without reservations as soon as possible, and bring national laws into conformity with the Convention
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Ratification Status
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0437
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Implement the provisions of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF1055
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent legislative steps to specifically criminalize domestic violence, including marital rape. It also recommends that the State party take steps to ensure that victims of domestic violence have access to effective means of redress and immediate protection, including through a sufficient number of safe houses.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF1024
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure universal access to health insurance, providing for coverage for a minimum essential level of benefits to all individuals and families,including access to health facilities, goods and services on a non-discriminatory basis; provision of essential drugs; access to reproductive, maternal (prenatal as well as post-natal) and child health care; and immunization against the major infectious diseases occurring in the community.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to health
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF1046
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to address the declining participation of women in the labour force. The Committee recommends that the State party amend the Civil Code and the Family Protection Law with the aim toremove the power of a spouse to prohibit the other spouse from entering employment.The Committee also recommends that the State party take steps to increase the number of women in decision-making and judicial bodies at all levels and in all areas.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF1021
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to lift all restrictions on access to university education, including bans on female and male enrolment, limited quotas for women in certain fields, and gender segregation in classrooms and facilities.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to education
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF1079
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 3, 1993
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party should spell out a clear legislative, judicial and administrative basis for giving fullest possible effect to the provisions of the Covenant "with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of the rights recognized in the present Covenant by all appropriate means, including particularly the adoption of legislative measures." (art. 2 (1) of the Covenant).The Committee invites the Government of Iran to undertake necessary steps, both legislative and practical, in order to ensure that the rights enunciated in the Covenant are able to be exercised without discrimination of any kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, especially in the case of ethnic or religious minorities. The Committee notes that the obligation to ensure equal opportunity for women warrants particular attention, especially in relation to the right to work, family related rights and the right to education.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to education
- Right to work
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/1993/7
- Date modified
- Mar 25, 2021
REF0830
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to urgently repeal its laws and policies that are discriminatory against girls and religious and ethnic minorities and ensure that all children, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity or religious beliefs, enjoy equal rights and freedoms as guaranteed under the Convention. In particular, the Committee urges the State party to ensure that the State party's legislation does not leave the interpretation and implementation of its legislation to the wide discretion of the judiciary without providing them with the necessary training and interpretative guidelines.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Gender based violence
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Children
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
- Date modified
- Mar 28, 2021
REF0840
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to revise its legislation in order to ensure that girls enjoy the same rights and entitlements as boys in all aspects of life, especially in family relations, the criminal and civil justice system and property rights, and to take measures to eliminate any forms of discrimination in practice.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Gender based violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
- Date modified
- Mar 28, 2021
REF0847
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In the light of its general comment No. 12 (2009) on the right of the child to be heard, the Committee recommends that the State party adopt and implement legislation recognizing the right of the child to be heard in all relevant legal proceedings by establishing systems and/or procedures for social workers and courts to comply with the principle. It also recommends that the State party conduct programmes and awareness-raising activities to promote the meaningful and effective participation of all children within the family, the community and schools, including within student council bodies, with particular attention to girls and to children in vulnerable situations.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Child's right to be heard
- Right to fair trial
- Right to recognition as a legal person
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
- Date modified
- Mar 28, 2021
REF0861
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
With reference to paragraph 27 of the present document, the Committee urges the State party to revise its Civil Code and all other relevant legislation to ensure equal rights of girls in family relations and provide girls with the right to inheritance on equal terms with boys. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, the Hague Protocol of 23 November 2007 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations, and the Hague Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Freedom from discrimination
- Ratification Status
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
- Date modified
- Mar 28, 2021
REF0868
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee draws the State party's attention to its general comment No. 17 (2013) on the right of the child to rest, leisure, play, recreational activities, cultural life and the arts, and urges the State party to stop discriminating against girls in access to these rights, and to ensure that they are guaranteed the same rights to enjoy cultural, artistic and sports activities on equal terms with boys.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right of everyone to participate in cultural life
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
- Date modified
- Mar 28, 2021
REF0871
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (see CRC/C/15/Add.254, para. 71) that the State party take all appropriate legislative and administrative measures to (trafficking and sale of persons under the age of 18 years) prevent and eliminate this phenomenon and to ensure that traffickers are prosecuted, convicted and punished.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- The prevention of trafficking of children
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
- Date modified
- Mar 28, 2021