REF0589
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Aug 1, 1993
- Full Recommendation
Effective measures should be adopted to ensure the strictest observance of articles 7 and 10 of the Covenant. All complaints of extrajudicial executions, disappearances, torture and ill-treatment should be duly investigated, the culprits should be punished and measures should be taken to prevent any recurrence of such acts. Severe forms of punishment incompatible with the Covenant should be removed from law and practice and the conditions of detention of persons deprived of their liberty should be improved. The Committee also recommends that training courses should be organized for members of the police, the armed forces and the security forces as well as for other law enforcement officials, so as to better acquaint them with basic human rights principles and norms.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Enforced Disappearances
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Right to life
- Right to recognition as a legal person
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/79/Add.25
- Date added
- Mar 19, 2021
REF0586
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Aug 2, 1993
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that domestic laws should be revised with a view to curtailing the number of offences currently punishable by the death penalty and to reducing the number of executions. Public executions should be avoided and the accused should, in all cases, be provided with all necessary guarantees, including the right to a fair trial as provided for under article 14 of the Covenant.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/79/Add.25
- Date added
- Mar 19, 2021
REF0608
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 2, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should consider abolishing the death penalty or at least revise the Penal Code to restrict the imposition of the death penalty to only the "most serious crimes", within the meaning of article 6, paragraph 2, of the Covenant and the Committee's general comment No. 6 (1982) on the right to life. It should ensure that, whenever it is imposed, the requirements of articles 6 and 14 of the Covenant are fully met. It should also ensure that everyone sentenced to death, after exhaustion of all legal avenues of appeal, has an effective opportunity to exercise the right to seek pardon or commutation of sentence from the relevant authorities. The State party should furthermore prohibit the use of public executions, as well as stoning as a method of execution.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
- Date added
- Mar 22, 2021
REF0611
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should immediately end the execution of minors, and further amend the draft juvenile crimes investigation act and the Bill of Islamic Criminal Code with the aim of abolishing the death penalty for crimes committed under the age of 18. The State party should also commute all existing death sentences for offenders on death row who had committed a crime while under the age of 18.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
- Date added
- Mar 22, 2021
REF0616
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should urgently establish a full, impartial and independent investigation into allegations of killings, torture and other ill-treatment during and following the 12 June 2009 presidential elections, and prosecute those officials found responsible.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
- Date added
- Mar 22, 2021
REF0828
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take all measures necessary to address its previous recommendations of 28 January 2005 (CRC/C/15/Add.254), which have not been sufficiently implemented, in particular those relating to non- discrimination, the right to life, protection from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and juvenile justice, among others contained therein.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0870
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take active measures to officially recognize ethnic and linguistic minority groups and that it provide them with opportunities to learn, communicate and practise their language, art, culture and religion without any undue interference. It also urges the State party to ensure that reports of unlawful arrests, detention, imprisonments, killings, torture and executions targeted against members of minority groups, including children, are promptly investigated and the perpetrators are held accountable.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right of everyone to participate in cultural life
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0882
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
End the execution of children and persons who committed a crime while under the age of 18;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0883
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Take legislative measures to abolish the death sentence for persons who committed a hudud or qisas crime while under the age of 18 years, that is currently established in the Islamic Penal Code without leaving any discretion to the courts;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0884
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Commute all existing sentences for offenders on death row who committed a crime while under the age of 18 years.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0040
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2012
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur continues to deplore the use of stoning as a form of capital punishment, and continues to strongly urge the Government to enforce its moratorium on stoning, to consider the reversal of existing stoning sentences, and to consider explicitly prohibiting its use. The Special Rapporteur also reiterates his concern about the implementation of the death penalty including in cases that do not meet the "most serious crimes" standards, as stipulated by international law. He calls on the Government to consider revisiting its qualification in the revised Islamic Penal Code on the use of capital punishment for juveniles and to consider prohibiting juvenile executions; and reiterates his call for a moratorium on the implementation of capital punishment sentences until such time as fair trial standards for capital cases can be adequately demonstrated.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/67/369
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0043
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
The Government should consider extending the de facto moratorium on stoning. The continued failure of the judiciary to guarantee due process rights, the frequent application of the death penalty for crimes that do not meet the internationally permissible threshold for capital punishment and the imposition of the death penalty on juvenile offenders warrant an immediate and unconditional halt to such practices.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/69/356
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0053
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
The Government should take immediate steps to address the increasing incidence of early and forced child marriage, in particular by banning child marriage and raising the minimum age for marriage to 18 years, as specified in a number of laws identified in the country's submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. He further appeals for efforts to define and criminalize domestic violence and to expand the definition of rape to encompass marital rape to be expedited. He asserts, however, that, while domestic violence is an egregious act, it does not constitute a lethal action required for the application of capital punishment under international law.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Protection of children from sexual abuse
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/69/356
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0055
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Oct 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
Urges the authorities to consider examining the merits of views shared about the root causes of drug abuse and crime in the Islamic Republic of Iran, along with proposals that urge it to re-examine the deterrent effects and human rights implications of the country's drug policies.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- A/70/411
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0057
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Oct 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
Appeals to the authorities to place a moratorium on the use of executions for all crimes not considered "most serious" under international law, and to consider working with international and national stakeholders to amend its laws in line with the international human rights conventions to which the Islamic Republic of Iran is a party.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/70/411
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0065
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Continues to urge the authorities to consider examining the views they have shared about the root causes of drug abuse and crime in the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as their views about the deterrent effects of the country's drug policies.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/71/418
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0069
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur therefore continues to appeal to the authorities to declare a moratorium on the use of executions for all crimes not considered "most serious" under international law, and calls on the authorities to consider working with international and national stakeholders to amend its anti-narcotics laws in line with international human rights conventions to which the Islamic Republic of Iran is a party.He urges the authorities to reconsider laws that render acts not considered to be crimes under international law capital offences. He appeals to the Government to abandon piecemeal reforms and to immediately and unconditionally prohibit the execution of juvenile offenders, defined as individuals under 18 years of age at the time they committed a capital offence.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/71/418
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0075
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur remains deeply concerned about the alarming level of executions, including of juveniles, in the country. She reiterates her call on the Government to immediately and unconditionally abolish the sentencing of children to death and to engage in a comprehensive process of commutation of all death sentences issued against children, in line with juvenile justice standards. The Special Rapporteur also reiterates her calls to establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, to replace the death penalty for drug-related offences with penalties that comply with relevant international standards, and to end the practice of public executions.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/72/322
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0097
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur expresses his grave concern at the continuing execution of juvenile offenders in the Islamic Republic of Iran and calls upon the Government to immediately prohibit all executions of persons charged with offences that they committed when under the age of 18 years. He further recommends that the Government abolish the death penalty in all cases and, pending that measure, introduce a moratorium.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/73/398
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0183
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
To prohibit capital punishment for juveniles and for crimes that do not meet the most serious crimes standards under international law, including for drug offences and perceived sexual offences.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/25/61
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0195
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
High priority should be placed on amending laws and policies that undermine or violate internationally recognized rights and standards, and that therefore diminish the Government's capacity to address concerns highlighted during the review and presented in the present and other reports produced by the human rights mechanisms. The Government should rescind laws that render as offences activities conducted to exercise legitimate rights under international law, including any laws that restrict the press, criminalize expression, limit access to information and give rise to the ongoing arrests of civil society actors and members of vulnerable groups, including religious and ethnic minorities, as well as laws that apply the death penalty to offences, such as drug-trafficking, that are not considered to be "most serious crimes" under international law. Moreover, the mandatory use of the death penalty is not compatible with the fair trial safeguards required under international law for the application of the death penalty and should be reconsidered.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0197
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
Authorities should immediately rescind the death sentences against all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, including those of Soheil Arabi and others, whose alleged actions do not constitute a serious crime under international law. The Government should also note that international law and consensus define juvenile execution as the execution of individuals who were under the age of 18 at the time of the commission of the relevant crime, not at the time of implementation of the sentence. He reiterates his call on the Government to officially ban this practice and to align its practices with its obligations under international law. He repeats his call to enforce a complete moratorium on the death penalty in the meantime. These actions could drastically reduce executions for non-capital offences and better ensure protections for the right to life.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0221
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
He reiterates his call on the Government to establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, and further encourages it to continue its examination of laws and policies that effectually undermine or violate the right to life. This includes laws that apply the death penalty to acts not considered to be criminal offences, or crimes that do not warrant use of the death penalty under international law, such as drug-related crimes. He also appeals to the Government to abandon piecemeal reforms and to immediately and unconditionally prohibit the execution of juvenile offenders, defined as individuals under 18 years of age at the time they committed a capital offence.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/31/69
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF0249
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
While noting as positive the willingness on the part of the Government to explore steps to reduce the number of executions in the country, the Special Rapporteur is, however, deeply concerned over the alarming level of executions, including of juveniles, in the country. She urges the Government to immediately and unconditionally prohibit the sentencing of children to death and to engage in a comprehensive process to commute all the death sentences that were handed down to personscurrently on death row in respect of crimes committed when the person was under the age of 18 years. The Special Rapporteur reiterates the calls made by the previous mandate holder to establish a moratorium on the death penalty and urges the Government to accelerate the process of amending its Anti-narcotic Law and to replace the death penalty for drug-related offences by penalties which comply with relevant international standards. The Government should also put an end to public executions.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/65
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF1442
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government and Parliament: (a) Pending abolishment, remove from the scope of the death penalty any offence other than the "most serious crimes‚" which are confined to intentional killing, and ensure that all those sentenced to death for other offences have their sentences commuted. Amend legislation to ensure that any person sentenced to death, including on the basis of qisas, can seek pardon or commutation from the State;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF1449
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government and Parliament: Ensure that deaths in custody, and allegations of violations of due process and of ill-treatment are promptly, independently, impartially and effectively investigated by an independent competent authority with a view to bringing those suspected of criminal responsibility to justice in compliance with their right to a fair trial;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF1463
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur recommends that Parliament: Urgently amend legislation to prohibit the execution of persons who committed a hudud or qisas crime while below the age of 18 years and as such are children. Urgently amend the legislation to commute all existing sentences for child offenders on death row;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF1465
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur recommends that Parliament: Withdraw the general reservation to the Convention on the Rights of the Child given that such a general reservation is not compatible with the object and purpose of the Convention;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF1467
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the judiciary: (a) Urgently halt the planned execution of all child offenders, and commute the death sentences imposed on the basis of qisas and hudud crimes for all child offenders;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021
REF1468
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the judiciary: Pending legislative review, urgently issue a circular which requires all judges not to sentence children to death on the basis of qisas or hudud crimes, and which requires presiding judges to order retrials for all child offenders on death row without recourse to the death penalty.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
- Date added
- Mar 27, 2021