Title | Date added | Template | Mechanism | Date | Full Recommendation | Recommendation Status | Themes | Demographics | Source Reference Info |
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REF0036 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Sep 1, 2012 | The Special Rapporteur again emphasizes his concern about alleged violations of rights of due process, and requests that the Government investigate allegations of physical and psychological torture and the denial of due process rights. In this regard, the Special Rapporteur also re-emphasizes the need for an extensive, impartial and independent investigation into the violence in the weeks and months that followed the presidential election of 2009. He reiterates his call for the immediate release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, including those alluded to in the current and previous reports; requests that the treatment of prisoners meet minimum international and national standards; and that prisoners are granted adequate access to medical care, in accordance with international standards and Iranian law | Not Implemented |
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| A/67/369 |
REF0077 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Aug 1, 2017 | The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to abolish any provision that authorizes any form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, to address as a matter of priority the state of despair in its prisons and to investigate all allegations of torture and ill-treatment and hold accountable those found guilty. | Not Implemented |
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| A/72/322 |
REF0205 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2015 | The Special Rapporteur welcomes the prosecution of Saeed Mortazavi for his role in facilitating illegal detentions, but notes that such investigations and rulings appear to be exceedingly rare, especially when compared with the high volume of similar reports of arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of detainees emanating from the country. He calls on the authorities to prosecute and sentence appropriately all officials found responsible for the torture and ill-treatment of detainees, in line with Iranian and international law. He encourages the Government to address the substandard detention conditions identified previously by the human rights mechanisms and in the present and previous reports of the Special Rapporteuror that may have been identified by its own audit. He implores the Government to ensure adequate access to medical treatment in line with international standards. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/28/70 |
REF0189 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2015 | He calls on the authorities to release all individuals identified by the WGAD as being arbitrarily detained, as well as other political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/28/70 |
REF0854 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2019 | The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government and Parliament: Ensure that human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders, and lawyers and journalists are not threatened with or subjected to intimidation, harassment, arbitrary arrest, deprivation of liberty or other arbitrary sanction, and release all those detained in connection with their work; | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/40/67 |
REF1447 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2019 | The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government and Parliament: Ensure that medical care is urgently provided to those individuals in detention who need it, including those identified in the present report, in light of the imminent threat to life or serious deterioration of their health. Ensure that all individuals in custody receive adequate, prompt and regular health care, including specialist care as needed, on the basis of their informed consent; | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/40/67 |
REF1555 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Sep 1, 2018 | The Special Rapporteur reiterates the previous calls made by his predecessor and the Secretary-General that all those arrested for the peaceful exercise of the rights to freedom of assembly and of opinion and expression be released, including those arrested during the protests in December 2017 and January 2018. The Special Rapporteur further calls upon the Government to undertake an independent and transparent investigation into the reported deaths in custody and other incidents leading to alleged violations of rights that took place during and after the protests. | Not Implemented |
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| A/73/398 |
REF1562 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2018 | The Special Rapporteur accordingly calls upon the Government to ensure prompt, thorough, and effective investigations by independent and impartial bodies of allegations of violations documented, and that those responsible are held accountable. The Government could further consider the use of modern technology to monitor detention centres to deter the torture and other ill-treatment of those detained, interrogated or imprisoned, whilst ensuring that such monitoring is conducted in line with international human rights standards. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/37/68 |
REF1563 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2018 | In connection with the recent protests, the Special Rapporteur urges the Government to promptly report to the families the name, location, and other relevant information of all individuals taken into custody, and to carry out prompt, independent and effective investigations into the authorities' response to the protests and the circumstances of the deaths in custody of those arrested, with a view to holding the perpetrators of any violations committed accountable. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/37/68 |
REF1642 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2020 | adopt regulations restricting the use of restraints in accordance with international laws and standards, including by ensuring that restraints are never used in a degrading, humiliating or painful manner or as a form of punishment and that they are used only when strictly necessary; | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/43/61 |
REF1643 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2020 | Ensure that medical care for detainees is never made conditional upon their making confessions and that officials who deny medical care to prisoners and detainees or who withhold medication as a form of coercion, as punishment or to elicit confessions are punished; | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/43/61 |
REF1644 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2020 | Pass the parliamentary bill introduced in September 2019 aimed at ending the recording and broadcasting of confessions on State-funded media prior to trial and ensure punishments for those involved in recording and broadcasting such confessions | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/43/61 |
REF1647 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2020 | Pending its abolishment, ensure that solitary confinement is used only in exceptional cases, as a last resort and for as short a time as possible, following authorization by a competent authority and subject to independent review; | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/43/61 |
REF1640 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2020 | End the unlawful practice of requiring prisoners to pay for medical treatment, which violates both international and Iranian law; | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/43/61 |
REF1620 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2020 | Ensure that all those arrested, including those arrested during the November 2019 protests, for the peaceful exercise of their rights to freedom of opinion, expression, assembly and association are released, and ensure also that the detaining authorities promptly report the whereabouts and situation of detainees to their families; | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/43/61 |
REF0167 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Feb 1, 2013 | Consider the immediate release of prisoners of conscience such as Pastors Behnam Irani, Farshid Fathi, as well as the leaders of the Baha'i community, and fully honor its commitments under Article 18 of ICCPR that guarantee the right to freedom thought, conscience and religion, which was accepted by Iran without reservation. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/22/56 |
REF0168 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Feb 1, 2013 | Investigate all allegations of torture, address impunity and end the culture of investigation through confession as reflected by the breadth of reports communicated to the Special Rapporteur. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/22/56 |
REF1459 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2019 | The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government and Parliament: Ensure that all those arrested for the peaceful exercise of their rights to freedom of opinion, expression, assembly and association are released. Promptly report to the families the whereabouts and situation of individuals taken into custody; | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/40/67 |
REF0181 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2014 | To investigate all allegations of mistreatment and/or psychological and physical torture, and to prosecute the parties responsible. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/25/61 |
REF0236 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2017 | The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to guarantee the freedom of the press and media and to release all prisoners who have been jailed for exercising their right to freedom of opinion and expression. These include the persons mentioned in paragraph 47 of the present report, who were the subject of opinions issued by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. All political prisoners and prisoners of conscience should be released so as to foster an atmosphere that inspires confidence and gives hope to the citizens that the human rights situation in the country may improve. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/34/65 |
REF1652 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2020 | 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 holding perpetrators accountable and in compliance with the right to a fair trial. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/43/61 |
REF1618 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2020 | Undertake prompt, independent and impartial investigations into all acts of violence that have taken place in the context of the November 2019 protests, including deaths of protesters and reported deaths in custody, and into reports of ill-treatment, and to hold those responsible accountable | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/43/61 |
REF0022 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Sep 1, 2011 | The Special Rapporteur also remains concerned about the well-being and health of prisoners, especially those mentioned in the present report, and encourages the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to launch full investigations into those cases. He also requests that he be granted the ability to substantiate accounts raised here through access to both detention centres and those detained. Requests that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran review those (above) cases and furnish the Special Rapporteur with information that would enable him to report progress or developments in those matters to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council. He also urges the Government to increase its cooperation with the special procedures, as this would create a productive space for further actions to improve the human rights situation | Not Implemented |
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| A/66/374 |
REF0045 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Aug 1, 2014 | Echoes the call of the Human Rights Committee to ensure the independence of the judiciary and to investigate all allegations of torture and mistreatment of detainees. | Not Implemented |
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| A/69/356 |
REF0079 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Aug 1, 2017 | The Special Rapporteur urges the Government, in line with its international obligations, to immediately release all detainees who have been imprisoned for exercising their right to freedom of opinion, expression and peaceful assembly and to quash the prison sentences that have been handed down against others for similar reasons. State entities that organize crackdowns on peaceful dissent should be identified and held accountable in order to prevent a recurrence of such violations. The Government should also take strict measures to ensure that the security and intelligence apparatus stops using reprisals against the families of those who monitor or campaign against human rights violations or express views that are contrary to government policies. | Not Implemented |
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| A/72/322 |
REF0253 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2017 | The Special Rapporteur welcomes the recent amendments to the Islamic Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code. She, however, regrets that the amendments have not yet translated into better protection from arbitrary arrest and detention, as shown by the number of cases highlighted in the present report. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to adopt all the measures necessary to effectively guarantee the right of anyone to be free from arbitrary deprivation of their liberty. In this respect, she echoes the recommendations made by the previous mandate holder on the necessity to amend the broadly defined criminal offences, to strengthen fair trial safeguards, to investigate all allegations of torture and ill-treatment and to hold accountable those found guilty. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/34/65 |
REF1449 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2019 | 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; | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/40/67 |
REF1452 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2019 | The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government and Parliament: Ensure that all prisoners with health conditions for whom staying in prison would mean an exacerbation of their condition are not detained in prison, and issue alternative sentences if there is no prospect of recovery through the full implementation of article 502 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/40/67 |
REF1569 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2018 | The Special Rapporteur recalls that the right to be free from torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment can never be limited or interfered with, and urges the Government to abolish all provisions that authorize such punishments such as flogging and amputation. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/37/68 |
REF1570 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2018 | The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to investigate and address allegations of physical and psychological torture and other ill treatment in detention, and to prevent their reoccurrence, including through ensuring accountability of the perpetrators. International organizations should be permitted regular, unhindered and without-notice access to all places of detention. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/37/68 |