REF0192
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
He also encourages the Government to consider committing to a voluntary midterm review that may contribute to its ability to advance the pledges that it may undertake at the outcome of its second UPR in March 2015.
- Recommendation Status
- Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
REF0634
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should ensure that all legal proceedings are conducted in full accordance with article 14 of the Covenant, including guaranteeing (a) the right to legal assistance of one's own choosing, including for pretrial detainees; (b) the right to be informed promptly of the nature and cause of the criminal charges; (c) the intervention and presence of lawyers in all cases, including during the investigation stage; (d) the presumption of innocence; (e) the right to a public hearing; and (f) the right to appeal a ruling. The State party should remove the mahdoor-ol-dam (deserving of death) definition, applied to victims, so as to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted and brought to justice for their crimes. The Committee reminds the State party of its general comment No. 32 (2007) on the right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
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
REF1021
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 1993
- Full Recommendation
The Committee further recommends that the second periodic report of Iran should contain information not only on legislative measures adopted, but also on the application of these measures, on the difficulties encountered in the process of their implementation, and on the issues dealt with in the present concluding observations.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/1993/7
REF0656
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should widely disseminate the Covenant, the text of the third periodic report, the written responses it has provided in response to the list of issues drawn up by the Committee, and the present concluding observations so as to increase awareness among the judicial, legislative and administrative authorities, civil society and non-governmental organizations operating in the country, as well as the general public. The Committee also suggests that the report and the concluding observations be translated into the official language of the State party. The Committee further requests the State party, when preparing its fourth periodic report, to broadly consult with civil society and non- governmental organizations.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
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
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
REF1032
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent steps to counter the impact of river diversions and industrial activity in Khuzestan, including environmental pollution and water shortages, on agriculture and human health.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Environmental Rights
- Right to an adequate standard of living
- Right to development
- Right to health
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
NEW0021
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Human Rights Defenders
- Date
- Feb 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur appeals to the Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee that all human rights defenders are subject to fair proceedings before an independent and impartial tribunal. The Special Rapporteur is alarmed at the numerous reports of human rights defenders who were deprived of due process and denied their rights to legal counsel. He is concerned with thelegal persecution of individualsfor exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Right to assembly & association
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/31/55/Add.1
REF1059
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to strengthen its national legislation prohibiting child labour in accordance with international standards, in all sectors, including in agriculture, domestic service, and clay/brickmaking. The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure that the implementation of legislation pertaining to child labour is effectively monitored and enforced, including through labour inspections in agriculture and the informal sector, ensuring that employers exploiting child labour are held accountable and that victims of child labour are rehabilitated and are ensured access to education. The Committee recommends that the State party undertake awareness-raising campaigns with a view to eradicating child labour.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1034
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party adopt a comprehensive anti- discrimination bill in compliance with article 2, paragraph 2, of the Covenant and taking into account the Committee's general comment No. 20 (2009) on non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF0462
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Violence Against Women
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Full Recommendation
Establish and support more shelters for women who have been subjected to violence and to ensure that women are able to access information about these shelters through the police, judicial personnel and medical staff as well as women's non-governmental organizations;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.3
REF0354
- Mechanism
- Working Group - Arbitrary Detention
- Date
- Feb 1, 2003
- Full Recommendation
It should be recalled that the Article 90 Parliamentary Commission highlighted, in receiving the Working Group, "the injustices and inconsistencies resulting from the proliferation of judicial decision-making bodies". The revolutionary tribunals, one such group of bodies, as well as the religious courts, should be abolished.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2004/3/Add.2
REF0358
- Mechanism
- Working Group - Arbitrary Detention
- Date
- Feb 1, 2003
- Full Recommendation
On the practice of "solitary confinement". As this practice generates arbitrary situations, plans should be drawn up for the closure of these prisons, retaining only a few punishment cells in each institution for short disciplinary periods of solitary confinement. In addition, the report of the Article 90 Parliamentary Commission on prisons should be made public or at least debated in Parliament. The Commission would then be responsible for publishing a list of prisons each year.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2004/3/Add.2
REF0355
- Mechanism
- Working Group - Arbitrary Detention
- Date
- Feb 1, 2003
- Full Recommendation
On the situation of prisoners of conscience: These prisoners are punished twice over. Many of them have, on the one hand, simply peacefully exercised their fundamental right to freedom of opinion and expression and, on the other, have been unable to benefit in most cases from the guarantees which are essential to the right to fair trial, as we have emphasized with regard in particular to the abolition of the prosecution service. Solutions must be sought to bring about their release in the near term.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2004/3/Add.2
REF0356
- Mechanism
- Working Group - Arbitrary Detention
- Date
- Feb 1, 2003
- Full Recommendation
On imprisonment for debt, the Working Group has noted that destitute individuals, in particular women without resources, are kept in prison for a period which can extend, according to information gathered in situ, for up to five years for non-payment of a fine or diyah. The Working Group recommends that the Government should accelerate the ongoing reform of alternatives to imprisonment to avoid destitute individuals being subjected to lengthy imprisonment in connection with their insolvency.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2004/3/Add.2
REF0359
- Mechanism
- Working Group - Arbitrary Detention
- Date
- Feb 1, 2003
- Full Recommendation
On the right to due proccess: The immunity of counsel in pleading cases must be reaffirmed and expressly guaranteed in a legislative instrument formulated in cooperation with representatives of the Bar;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- E/CN.4/2004/3/Add.2
REF0628
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should take steps to combat and prevent the trafficking and sale of persons under 18 years of age. The State party is also requested to provide the Committee in its next periodic report with statistics, on an annual basis, on the number of arrests and convictions under the 2004 law to combat trafficking.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF1036
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee encourages the State party to consider signing and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Ratification Status
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
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
REF0873
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party, in order to further strengthen the fulfilment of children's rights, consider ratifying the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on a communications procedure.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Ratification Status
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0874
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party, in order to further strengthen the fulfilment of children's rights, consider ratifying the core human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, namely CEDAW and its Optional Protocol, CAT and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol, the ICRMW and Members of their Families and the CPED on Enforced Disappearance.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Ratification Status
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0875
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to fulfil its reporting obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the report for which is overdue as of 16 April 2013.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Protection of children from sexual abuse
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- The prevention of trafficking of children
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0876
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take all appropriate measures to ensure that the recommendations contained in the present concluding observations are fully implemented. The Committee also recommends that the combined third and fourth periodic reports, the written replies to the list of issues of the State party and the present concluding observations be made widely available in the languages of the country.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0877
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee invites the State party to submit its combined fifth and sixth periodic reports by 11 August 2021 and to include therein information on the follow-up to the present concluding observations. The report should be in compliance with the Committee's harmonized treaty-specific reporting guidelines adopted on 31 January 2014 (CRC/C/58/Rev.3)
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0872
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
To that effect (92) the Committee urges the State party to bring its juvenile justice system fully into line with the Convention and other relevant standards), the Committee recommends that the State party make use of the technical assistance tools developed by the Inter-agency Panel on Juvenile Justice, and seek technical assistance in the area of juvenile justice from members of the Panel and relevant international bodies.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
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
REF0903
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that immigration proceedings involving children are decided on the basis of the best interests of the child, and prevent separation of families during the deportation process.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Demographics
- Children
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0904
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Prohibit the employment of children below the age of 18 years in hazardous conditions that jeopardize physical, mental or moral health and the safety of children.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of children from sexual abuse
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0905
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that all forms of enterprises and workshops remain within the domain of labour regulations and are systematically monitored and controlled by labour inspectors for potential violations of the rights of child workers.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4