REF1048
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party increase its efforts to combat unemployment through specifically targeted measures, in particular, aimed at women and youth, including by addressing mismatches between education and labour markets through increases in the quality of technical and vocational training and education. The Committee also urges the State party to adopt temporary special measures to address the very high unemployment rates in areas with ethnic minorities, and to include information in its next State party report on the progress achieved.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to education
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1028
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take immediate steps, inter alia by increasing budgetary allocations, to improve housing and living conditions in regions traditionally inhabited by ethnic minorities, including access to safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, electricity, transportation facilities, schools and health-care centres.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to an adequate standard of living
- Right to development
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1030
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to refrain from forcibly evicting individuals and expropriating land in the context of development projects, including in regions traditionally inhabited by ethnic minorities. It recalls that in cases where eviction or relocation is considered to be justified, it should be carried out in strict compliance with the relevant provisions of international human rights law.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to adequate housing
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1031
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent steps to increase the allocation of public funds to improve the health situation of inhabitants of the province of Sistan and Baluchestan,in particular focusing on the health infrastructure and the provision of adequate water and sanitation.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to an adequate standard of living
- Right to health
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1033
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure that ethnic minorities have the opportunity to receive education in their mother tongue, in addition to Farsi.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right of everyone to participate in cultural life
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1020
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges that the State party take steps to ensure that people with beliefs other than the religions recognized by the State party can fully enjoy all aspects of economic, social and cultural rights, without any discrimination.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1079
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure that members of the Baha'i community are protected against discrimination and exclusion in every field, including denial of employment and benefits of the pension system. The Committee also recommends that the State party take steps to guarantee, in law and practice, the unhindered access of Baha'i students to universities and vocational training institutions, and to prevent refusals of access and expulsions of students from such institutions based on their belonging to the Baha'i community.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Right to education
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1022
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure full compliance of the gozinesh process with the standards under the Covenant, and thus ensure that employment is not made conditional upon political opinion, previous political affiliation or support, or religious affiliation.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Right to work
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1075
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure the full and unrestricted enjoyment by ethnic minorities, including Kurds, Arabs, Azeris and Baluch, to their right to take part in cultural life, including through the protection of publications and newspapers in minority languages from imposed closure. The Committee also recommends that the State party take measures to protect cultural diversity, promote awareness of the cultural heritage of national and ethnic minorities, and ensure favourable conditions for members of those minorities to preserve, develop, express and disseminate their identity, history, culture, language, traditions and customs in line with the Committee's general comment No. 21 (2009) on the right of everyone to take part in cultural life.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of expression
- Right of everyone to participate in cultural life
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
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
REF0851
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to take measures to prevent and eliminate discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief and to ensure that members of religious minority groups, in particular persons of the Baha'i faith, are not persecuted, imprisoned or ill-treated on the account of their religion. The Committee also recommends that the State party review its hijab laws and regulations and ensure that the right of girls to wear or not to wear the hijab is fully respected.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Gender based violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0867
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to further reduce poverty and extreme poverty, in particular in provinces populated by ethnic minorities, such as Sistan and Baluchestan, Khuzestan and Kurdistan. The Committee recommends that the State party take immediate steps, inter alia by increasing budgetary allocations, to improve housing and living conditions in regions with ethnic minorities, including the provision of access to safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, electricity, transportation facilities, schools and health-care centres.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Extreme Poverty
- Right to adequate housing
- Right to development
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
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
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
REF0842
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take effective measures, including accountability, to put an end to discrimination against religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities, children born out of wedlock and asylum-seeking and refugee children, and that it ensure that those responsible for any forms of discrimination against such groups are held accountable. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party decriminalize same-sex relations and take measures to eliminate discrimination against LGBTI children.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- Demographics
- Children
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0895
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Take measures to provide access to education based on the national curriculum in the native languages of ethnic minorities, in particular in Azeri, Kurdish, Arabic and other languages.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right of everyone to participate in cultural life
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0642
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should guarantee the freedom to manifest a religion or belief and that it can be exercised either individually or in community with others and in public or private. The Committee reminds the State party that this right also entails the building of places of worship.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0639
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should take steps to ensure full respect for the right to freedom of religion or belief, including ensuring that legislation and practices fully conform to article 18 of the Covenant. This also entails that the right of everyone to change his or her religion, if he or she so chooses, is unconditionally and fully guaranteed. The Committee also urges the State party to revoke article 225 of the draft Penal Code. The Committee recalls its general comment No. 22 (1993) on the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0641
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should ensure full respect for the freedom of everyone, including members of the Baha'i community, to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his or her choice, and the freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest this religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching. The State party should take immediate steps to ensure that members of the Baha'i community are protected against discrimination in every field, that violations of their rights are immediately investigated, that those found responsible are prosecuted and that they are provided with effective remedies.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0594
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Aug 2, 1993
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that its recently adopted General comment No.22 (48) be studied by the authorities to bring its legislation and practice into line with the requirements of article 18 of the Covenant. In that regard, the Committee wishes to emphasize that recognition of a religion as a State religion should not result in any impairment of the enjoyment of any of the rights under the Covenant, including articles 18 and 27, nor in any discrimination against adherents of other religions or non-believers, since the right to freedom of religion and belief and the prohibition of discrimination do not depend on the recognition as an official religion or belief.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Right of everyone to participate in cultural life
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/79/Add.25
REF0114
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Date
- Feb 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur is grateful that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran replied to the joint communication of 17 October 2008. She would like to reiterate the observations and concerns in her previous report (see A/HRC/10/8/Add.1, paras. 94 and paras. 111-112). The Special Rapporteur again urges the Government to ensure that the Baha'i members, who have been detained for more than 20 months so far, receive a fair trial and in this regard she would like to recommend the presence of independent observers during the trials. Reportedly, the trial of Ms. Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie, Mr. Behrouz Tavakkoli, Mr. Vahid Tizfahm and Ms. Mahvash Sabet began on 12 January 2010 in Tehran, however, no observers were allowed inside the court at that session
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/13/40/Add.1
REF0108
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Date
- Feb 1, 2009
- Full Recommendation
Furthermore, she would like to recall that the General Assembly resolution 63/181 urges States to step up their efforts to eliminate intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief, notably by taking all necessary and appropriate action, in conformity with international standards of human rights, to combat hatred, discrimination, intolerance and acts of violence, intimidation and coercion motivated by intolerance based on religion or belief, as well as incitement to hostility or violence, with particular regard to members of religious minorities in all parts of the world. In this regard, the Special Rapporteur is very concerned by the continued violations of freedom of religion or belief suffered by members of the Baha'i community. She urges the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to ensure that the Baha'i members who are currently detained receive a fair trial and she would like to recommend the presence of independent observers during the trials.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/10/8/Add.1
REF1549
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Date
- Feb 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur would like to refer to General Assembly resolution 63/181, in which the Assembly urges States to step up their efforts to protect and promote freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, and to this end, to exert the utmost efforts, in accordance with their national legislation and in conformity with international human rights law, to ensure that religious places, sites, shrines and symbols are fully respected and protected and to take additional measures in cases where they are vulnerable to desecration and destruction. As mentioned, inter alia, in paragraph 4 of the Human Rights Committee's general comment no. 22, places of worship are an essential element of the manifestation of the right to freedom of religion or belief to the extent that the great majority of religious communities or communities of belief need the existence of a place of worship where their members can manifest their faith. Moreover, unlike other forms of violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief, attacks or other forms of restriction on places of worship or other religious sites and shrines in many cases violate the right not only of a single individual, but the rights of a group of individuals forming the community that is attached to the place in question
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/13/40/Add.1
REF1548
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Date
- Feb 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur regrets that she has so far not received a reply from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning the above mentioned allegations. She would like to recall that the Human Rights Council in resolution 6/37 urges States to take all necessary and appropriate action, in conformity with international standards of human rights, to combat hatred, intolerance and acts of violence, intimidation and coercion motivated by intolerance based on religion or belief, as well as incitement to hostility and violence, with particular regard to religious minorities.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/13/40/Add.1
REF0073
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur continues to be disturbed by reports from members of ethnic minority communities regarding arbitrary arrests, detentions, torture and prosecution for protected activities that promote social, economic, cultural and linguistic rights. He urges the authorities to recognize that dialogue and the inclusive participation of all 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. He encourages the authorities to ensure that the rights of the members of the country's most vulnerable communities are protected and respected.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/71/418
REF0166
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Feb 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
Examine and address those laws that contravene its international obligation to eliminate all forms of discrimination in law and practice. These include those laws and policies that undermine gender equality and women's rights, and that discriminate against religious and ethnic minorities, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in the country.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/22/56
REF0093
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/72/322
REF0190
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
He urges the authorities to recognize that freedom of religion or belief entails the freedom to choose a religion or belief, and that measures restricting eligibility for civil, political, social or economic privileges, or imposing special restrictions on the practices or manifestations of the beliefs of other faiths violate the prohibition of discrimination based on religion or belief and the guarantee of equal protection under article 26 of the ICCPR.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
REF1560
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur calls upon the Government to fully respect the rights of religious and ethnic minorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran and to ensure that all those who reside in the country have equal protection before the law, regardless of ethnicity, religion or belief.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/73/398
REF0246
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur urges the authorities to recognise that freedom of religion or belief entails the freedom to choose a religion or belief, and that measures restricting eligibility for civil, political, social or economic privileges, or imposing special restrictions on the practice of other faiths, violate the prohibition of discrimination based on religion or belief and the guarantee of equal protection under article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/65