Title | Date added | Template | Mechanism | Date | Full Recommendation | Recommendation Status | Themes | Demographics | Source Reference Info |
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REF0026 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Sep 1, 2012 | He continues to assert that his mandate should not be viewed as a punitive measure, but should be regarded as an opportunity to frequently and substantively engage the international community in a non-politicized, transparent and constructive forum. | Not Implemented |
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| A/67/369 |
REF0083 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Aug 1, 2017 | She urges the Government to reform the judicial system with a view to ensuring its independence. Appropriate training for the members of the judiciary is also necessary to ensure that guarantees of a fair trial and due process are effectively respected. | Not Implemented |
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| A/72/322 |
REF0075 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Aug 1, 2017 | 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. | Not Implemented |
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| A/72/322 |
REF0164 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Feb 1, 2013 | Consider the immediate and unconditional release of civil society actors and human rights defenders prosecuted for protected activities; including journalists, netizens, lawyers and student, cultural, environmental, and political activists that work to promote civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights currently detained for activities protected by national and international law. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/22/56 |
REF0165 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Feb 1, 2013 | Expedite its voluntary commitment to establish a National Human Rights Commission, in accordance with Paris Principles. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/22/56 |
REF0061 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Oct 1, 2015 | Encourages officials to reconsider amendments that would undermine the initially positive efforts to facilitate access of detained suspects to legal counsel during the investigation phase of their cases. | Not Implemented |
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| A/70/411 |
REF0062 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Oct 1, 2015 | Continues to encourage the Government to increase its engagement with the United Nations human rights mechanisms, including his mandate, in order to establish meaningful dialogue and cooperation in furtherance of the pledges undertaken by President Rouhani's administration, and for the successful advancement of recommendations made in the universal periodic review that enjoyed the support of the Government in 2015. | Partially Implemented |
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| A/70/411 |
REF0093 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Aug 1, 2017 | The Special Rapporteur urges the authorities to recognize that dialogue and the inclusive participation of all the citizens in a diverse society can form the basis for enduring initiatives that address poverty and development, and can also serve to strengthen protections for the rights of all ethnic minorities in the country. She further encourages authorities to ensure that the rights of the members of the most vulnerable communities of the Islamic Republic of Iran are protected and respected. | Not Implemented |
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| A/72/322 |
REF0200 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2015 | The Government should amend laws and policies, and reconsider draft legislation, that infringe on the right to freely associate and assemble with expressive groups or like-minded individuals and to promote peaceful ideals and activities. Non-governmental organizations, including unregistered associations, should be allowed to function freely, and their members should be able to operate in a safe environment. The Special Rapporteur echoes the recommendation made by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association that the establishment of associations should be facilitated by a notification procedure that is simple, easily accessible, non-discriminatory and non-onerous or free of charge. Furthermore, the right to peaceful assembly should not be subject to prior authorization by the authorities, but at the most to a prior notification procedure, which should not be burdensome, and the Government should recognize spontaneous assemblies as exempted from prior notification. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/28/70 |
REF0203 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2015 | The Special Rapporteur looks forward to observing the impact that amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure will have on improving access to legal counsel, and encourages the Government to guarantee this right for all accused, regardless of the allegations against them. He notes that the Government should further ensure that national laws support the independence of lawyers, in accordance with international norms and standards, and implores the Islamic Republic of Iran to release all lawyers that appear to have been imprisoned for protected activities in defence of their clients, such as raising awareness about fair trial concerns. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/28/70 |
REF0208 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2015 | The Special Rapporteur encourages the Government to consider ending its satellite jamming, given its impact on the health of its citizens and on the right to access to information. He also calls for the enhancement of policies that govern gender confirmation surgeries for transgender individuals to ensure the protection of the right to health of those who may consider such procedures. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/28/70 |
REF0187 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2015 | The Government should also expedite the removal of landmines and explosives that continue to pose a threat to the lives and security of populations located in their vicinity, enhance provisions for public education -- particularly for at risk children -- and ensure immediate and non-discriminatory access to adequate medical treatment and pension programs for victims and their families. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/28/70 |
REF0180 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2014 | To improve access of legal counsel to all files containing evidence against the accused. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/25/61 |
REF1559 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Sep 1, 2018 | The Special Rapporteur calls upon the Government to uphold the fundamental human rights of freedom of opinion and expression and to repeal all laws and policies which criminalize or restrict online expression, with online content to be restricted only by independent and impartial judicial decisions. | Not Implemented |
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| A/73/398 |
REF1561 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2018 | The Special Rapporteur welcomes the continued engagement by the Government with her mandate through meetings and written exchanges. The Special Rapporteur further notes some developments including the adoption of amendments to drugtrafficking laws, and the follow-up on the Charter on Citizen's Rights. In particular, the Special Rapporteur noted the positive step taken to grant Baloch citizens with nationality cards and to afford access to education to children in the province. Such developments have taken place amidst ongoing severe reports of the denial of human rights in a number of fundamental areas. As such, small gains are lost in an overall atmosphere where the State denies even very basic rights to its population. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to demonstrate the political will to end the impunity of agents of the State who perpetrate violations of the human rights of individuals in the country | 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 |
REF1565 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2018 | The Special Rapporteur remains troubled by the continuing large number of executions, including of juvenile offenders, and reiterates her call on the Government to introduce a moratorium on the use of the death penalty and to prohibit and refrain from the execution of juvenile offenders in all circumstances. The Special Rapporteur further urges the Government to undertake a special review of the cases of persons on death row for crimes committed when they were under the age of 18, with a view to commuting or quashing their death sentences altogether. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/37/68 |
REF1566 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2018 | Pursuant with commitments made during the special session on the world drug problem, and in order to fully implement the new amendments to the 1998 drug trafficking law, the Government should establish a clear and transparent procedure for reviewing the cases of individuals who have been sentenced to death under the previous drug trafficking law. Such a process should be transparent, accessible, and follow due process and fair trial guarantees, including effective representation of defendants. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/37/68 |
REF1567 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2018 | The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran should also ensure that all those sentenced to death can exercise their right to equal access to justice through adequate legal representation, which is an essential component of due process at any stage in criminal proceedings, including the appeal and review process. Adequate and qualified legal representation at the review stage through effective legal aid programmes should be ensured. | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/37/68 |
REF1609 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Mar 1, 2018 | The Special Rapporteur also calls upon the Government to respect the right to freedom of religion and belief, to address all forms of discrimination in all spheres of life, to uphold and implement legislation that protects minority groups and individuals, and to ensure the release of all individuals imprisoned on the basis of their religion, belief or identity | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/37/68 |
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 |
REF1623 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Jan 1, 2020 | Take all measures necessary to mitigate the effects of economic sanctions, meet the obligations of the Islamic Republic of Iran under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including on the protection of vulnerable groups, and establish transparent financial mechanisms to ensure that trade in medicines and other essential humanitarian items continues; | Not Implemented |
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| A/HRC/43/61 |
REF0030 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Sep 1, 2012 | Emphasizes the need to explicitly define actions that constitute crimes against national security, and encourages the Government to guarantee the space for public criticism or advocacy through peaceful activities that are protected by international law. Calls on the government to ensure that restrictions on freedom of expression and the right to information are "content-specific" as called for by the Human Rights Committee in its General Comment 34 on article 19. | Not Implemented |
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| A/67/369 |
REF0067 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Sep 1, 2016 | Urges the authorities to recognize that freedom of religion or belief entails the freedom to choose a religion or belief and that measures that impose special restrictions on the practice of other faiths, or that discriminate on the basis of religion or belief, violate the guarantee of equal protection under article 26 of the International Covenant. | Not Implemented |
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| A/71/418 |
REF0068 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Sep 1, 2016 | Reiterates his firm belief that the Government could significantly improve the country's human rights situation with the full implementation of the recommendations accepted at the outcome of the universal periodic review in 2014. Renews request for country visit. | Not Implemented |
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| A/71/418 |
REF0069 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Sep 1, 2016 | 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. | Partially Implemented |
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| A/71/418 |
REF0071 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Sep 1, 2016 | Urges the authorities to strengthen aspects of the 1985 Press Law to ensure that persons are protected from acts that impair the free communication of information and ideas about public and political issues between citizens, which is essential to the protection of other rights. He also urges the Government to reconsider aspects of policies that undermine the rights of individuals to associate and assemble with like-minded persons for the purposes of promoting peaceful activities. | Not Implemented |
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| A/71/418 |
REF0085 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Aug 1, 2017 | The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government should strenghten Bar associations and bar councils so that they are self-regulatory and function independently. That would enable them to regulate the profession without discrimination and to develop tools to protect its members from being persecuted for their independent professional decisions or views. | Not Implemented |
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| A/72/322 |
REF0058 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Oct 1, 2015 | Urges the authorities to ensure that persons are protected from acts that impair the free communication of information and ideas about public and political issues between citizens, candidates and elected representatives, which is essential to the protection of other rights. | Not Implemented |
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| A/70/411 |
REF0059 | Mar 27, 2021 | Recommendations | Special Rapporteur - Iran | Oct 1, 2015 | Existing laws and draft legislation appear to unreasonably exclude individuals from standing for public office on the basis of gender, religion, political affiliation, opinion and social or personal background. Encourages the authorities to reconsider statutes that place unreasonable conditions on the exercise by all Iranian citizens of rights protected by article 25 of the Covenant (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights). | Not Implemented |
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| A/70/411 |