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
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
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
REF1046
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to address the declining participation of women in the labour force. The Committee recommends that the State party amend the Civil Code and the Family Protection Law with the aim toremove the power of a spouse to prohibit the other spouse from entering employment.The Committee also recommends that the State party take steps to increase the number of women in decision-making and judicial bodies at all levels and in all areas.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
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
REF1072
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to ensure that all children receive birth certificates and that the lack of such a document is not an impediment for school enrolment of a child. It recommends that the State party take measures to ensure that refugee children have access to education, regardless of whether their parents have registered with the authorities, and that primary education, including enrolment thereto, is offered free of charge. The Committee also recommends that the State party intensify its measures to guarantee an inclusive education for children with disabilities, including through the Organization for Special Children and the Seven-Point Guideline for Universal and Consolidated Education for Children and Students with Special Needs, and to ensure that all children of nomadic communities have access to primary education, including through the establishment of mobile schools.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
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
REF1040
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee encourages the State party to sign and ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Conventionagainst Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and withdraw its reservation to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Ratification Status
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1041
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee requests the State party to disseminate the present concluding observations widely among all levels of society, in particular among State officials, the judiciary and civil society organizations, translate and publicize them as far as possible and inform the Committee of the steps taken to implement them in its next periodic report.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1042
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee encourages the State party to engage all the relevant actors, including non-governmental organizations and other members of civil society, in the process of discussion of the present concluding observations at the national level and facilitate their participation prior to the submission of its next periodic report.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1043
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee requests the State party to submit in a timely manner its third periodic report, prepared in accordance with the revised reporting guidelines of the Committee, adopted in 2008 (E/C.12/2008/2), by 31 May 2018.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1043
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee requests the State party to submit in a timely manner its third periodic report, prepared in accordance with the revised reporting guidelines of the Committee, adopted in 2008 (E/C.12/2008/2), by 31 May 2018.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- 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
REF1023
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to extend the application of its labour law to all workers, including to those working in places with fewer than five workers and those working in export processing zones.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to work
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- 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
REF1055
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent legislative steps to specifically criminalize domestic violence, including marital rape. It also recommends that the State party take steps to ensure that victims of domestic violence have access to effective means of redress and immediate protection, including through a sufficient number of safe houses.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1071
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party address the high drop-out rate of girls in rural areas and of Ahwazi Arab children. The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to address the high illiteracy rates among Ahwazi Arabs and Azeris. It also recommends that the State party take steps to improve the quality of instruction in and physical infrastructure of schools in rural areas, and to increase the number of female teachers in rural areas.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Children
- 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
REF1019
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to establish an independent national human rights institution with a broad human rights mandate, including for economic, social and cultural rights, in line with the Paris Principles, and provide it with adequate human and financial resources.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- 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
REF1078
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party repeal or amend all legislation that results or could result in discrimination, prosecution and punishment of people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to combat and prevent discrimination and societal stigma against members of the LGBT, and ensure their enjoyment of all the rights enshrined in the Covenant, including unhindered access to employment, social services, health care and education, in line with article 2, paragraph 2, of the Covenant and 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
- Gender based violence
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- 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
REF1021
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to lift all restrictions on access to university education, including bans on female and male enrolment, limited quotas for women in certain fields, and gender segregation in classrooms and facilities.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to education
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Women and Girls
- 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
REF1066
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure that ownership of houses and land, in particular in rural areas, is formally registered, and that the State party actively raise awareness among affected groups of the population, including through the dissemination of knowledge, on relevant legal provisions and registry procedures. It recommends that the State party take steps to prevent arbitrary interpretations of article 49 of the Constitution, and to ensure that persons affected by such confiscations have access to an adequate remedy, restitution of their property, and compensation, as appropriate, including in line with the Committee's general comment No. 7 (1997) on forced evictions. The Committee also requests the State party to include in its next periodic report information on the extent and the root causes of homelessness in the State party. The Committee draws the State party's attention to its general comment No. 4 (1991) on the right to adequate housing.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Extreme Poverty
- Freedom from discrimination
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to adequate housing
- Right to an adequate standard of living
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1052
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that the national minimum wage is set at a level sufficient to provide all workers and their families with a decent standard of living, and strengthen its efforts towards the progressive increase of the minimum wage in accordance with article 7 (a) (ii) of the Covenant. The Committeealso recommends that the State party take steps to ensure that Afghan workers are not paid a wage below the level of the minimum wage.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to an adequate standard of living
- Right to work
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- 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
REF1064
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take all necessary steps to further reduce poverty and extreme poverty, in particular in provinces populated by ethnic minorities, such as Sistan and Baluchestan, Khuzestan and Kordestan. The Committee requests the State party to include in its next periodic report disaggregated and comparative data, by year and province, on the number of men and women living in poverty and extreme poverty.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Extreme Poverty
- Freedom from discrimination
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to an adequate standard of living
- Right to development
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- 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
REF1018
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that all the obligations of the Covenant are fully respected under all circumstances and that Constitutional provisions, in particular articles 4 and 20, are applied in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Covenant.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1054
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure that independent trade unions can be formed and carry out their activities without interference, including unions of teachers, bus workers and sugar-cane workers, as well as the Iran Free Workers' Union. It recommends that the State party ensure that workers can participate in strikes without facing reprisals The Committee also calls upon the State party to immediately release labour rights activists and members of independent trade unions currently serving prison sentences who acted in conformity with internationally recognized trade union standards.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Right to work
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1024
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure universal access to health insurance, providing for coverage for a minimum essential level of benefits to all individuals and families,including access to health facilities, goods and services on a non-discriminatory basis; provision of essential drugs; access to reproductive, maternal (prenatal as well as post-natal) and child health care; and immunization against the major infectious diseases occurring in the community.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to health
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1026
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee calls on the State party to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 years for both boys and girls, and to ensure that marriage can be entered into only with the free consent of the intending spouses.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Protection of children from sexual abuse
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- E/C.12/IRN/CO/2
REF1027
- Mechanism
- CESCR
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent and effective steps to address the very high number of children living and/or working in the street, address the root causes of the phenomenon, and provide all street children with access to health services and education.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Children
- 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
REF0881
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Define budgetary lines for children in disadvantaged or vulnerable situations who may require affirmative social measures and make sure that those budgetary lines are protected, even in situations of economic crisis or natural disaster or other emergencies.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- 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
REF0906
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Seek technical assistance in this regard from the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour of the International Labour Office.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
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
REF0885
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Develop awareness-raising campaigns and programmes on the harmful effects of child marriage on the physical and mental health and well-being of girls, targeting households, local authorities, religious leaders, and judges and prosecutors;
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0834
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In the light of its general comment No. 2 (2002) on the role of independent national human rights institutions, the Committee recommends that the State party take measures to expeditiously establish, in compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles), an independent mechanism for monitoring human rights, including a specific mechanism for monitoring children's rights that is able to receive, investigate and address complaints by children in a child-sensitive manner, ensure the privacy and protection of victims, and undertake monitoring, follow-up and verification activities for victims.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0915
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In the light of its general comment No. 10 (2007) on children's rights in juvenile justice, the Committee urges the State party to bring its juvenile justice system fully into line with the Convention and other relevant standards. In particular, the Committee strongly urges the State party, as a matter of priority, to:
Promote alternative measures to detention, such as diversion, probation, mediation, counselling or community service, wherever possible, and ensure that detention is used as a last resort and for the shortest possible period of time and that it is reviewed on a regular basis with a view to withdrawing it.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0916
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Alternative measures to pretrial detention should be strengthened and applied as much as possible in order to ensure that this deprivation of liberty is really a measure of last resort and is for the shortest time possible;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0889
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Review its legislation with a view to banning polygamy, which is contrary to women's and girls' dignity and infringes their human rights and freedoms, including equality and protection within the family.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Freedom from discrimination
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0918
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In cases where detention is unavoidable, ensure that the children are not detained together with adults and that detention conditions are compliant with international standards, including with regard to access to education and health services.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0839
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to revise, as a matter of urgency and priority, its legislation in order to ensure that all persons below the age of 18 years, without exceptions, are considered as children and are provided with all the rights under the Convention. The Committee also urges the State party to further increase the minimum age for marriage for both girls and boys to 18 years, and to take all necessary measures to eliminate child marriages in line with the State party's obligations under the Convention.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Protection of children from sexual abuse
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0843
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In the light of its general comment No. 14 (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration, the Committee recommends that the State party revise its Civil Law accordingly and strengthen its efforts to ensure that this right is appropriately integrated and consistently interpreted and is applied in all legislative, administrative and judicial proceedings and decisions as well as in all policies, programmes and projects that are relevant to, and have an impact on, children. In this regard, the State party is encouraged to develop procedures and criteria to provide guidance to all relevant persons in authority for determining the best interests of the child in every area and for giving this due weight as a primary consideration.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Child's right to be heard
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0844
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee strongly urges the State party to repeal article 301 of the Islamic Penal Code, and ensure that all perpetrators of murders committed in the name of so-called "honour" receive penalties commensurate with the gravity of their crimes. The Committee urges the State party to carry out prompt and thorough investigations into all these cases, to prosecute perpetrators and to ensure that those found guilty are given appropriate sentences.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0846
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to clear its entire territory from landmines and all remnants of the war as soon as possible, with the support of international organizations.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0847
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In the light of its general comment No. 12 (2009) on the right of the child to be heard, the Committee recommends that the State party adopt and implement legislation recognizing the right of the child to be heard in all relevant legal proceedings by establishing systems and/or procedures for social workers and courts to comply with the principle. It also recommends that the State party conduct programmes and awareness-raising activities to promote the meaningful and effective participation of all children within the family, the community and schools, including within student council bodies, with particular attention to girls and to children in vulnerable situations.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Child's right to be heard
- Right to fair trial
- Right to recognition as a legal person
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0848
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to take measures to ensure the birth registration of all children, regardless of their parents' legal status and/or origin. The Committee urges the State party, in doing so, to ensure that children of registered refugees and unregistered foreigners are provided with birth certificates without any conditions.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to nationality
- Demographics
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0849
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee strongly urges the State party to review the provisions of the Act on Determination of the Nationality of Children Born into Marriages of Iranian Women with Men of Foreign Nationality amending the Civil Code, and to ensure that all children who are born to Iranian mothers, including children born out of wedlock, are entitled to Iranian citizenship on the same conditions as children born to Iranian fathers. The Committee also recommends that the State party provide information on the number of children born to Iranian mothers who have been naturalized, in its next periodic report.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to nationality
- Demographics
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0863
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to provide adequate living conditions in prisons for all mothers with children and that it ensure that prison has the most limited effect possible on children's mental and physical development.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
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
REF0853
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party review its laws and policies in order to provide children with age-appropriate information and that it take measures to ensure a reasonable balance between the threat to national security and freedom of expression.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0855
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In light of its general comment No. 13 (2011) on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence, and taking note of Sustainable Development Goal 16.2 to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children, the Committee strongly urges the State party to immediately repeal all provisions which authorize or condone cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of children. It also recommends that the State party put an end to public executions, which have an irreversible negative effect on the mental health of children who witness them, by implementing the above-mentioned decree. Furthermore, the Committee urges the State party to ensure that LGBTI children are not subjected to cruel and degrading treatment such as electric shocks and the administration of hormones and strong psychoactive medications, and that those responsible for these acts are held accountable.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Gender based violence
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to health
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- The prevention of trafficking of children
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0857
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In the light of its general comment No. 8 (2006) on the right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment, the Committee urges the State party to review its legislation with a view to prohibiting all forms of corporal punishment irrespective of its purpose, including by parents, guardians and teachers, and instead to promote positive, non-violent and participatory forms of child-rearing and discipline.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0859
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to repeal all legal provisions that authorize, condone or lead to child sexual abuse and to ensure that perpetrators of child sexual abuse are brought to justice. The State party should also increase the legal age of consent to sexual relations to 16 years. The Committee also urges the State party to increase the legal age of marriage to 18 years and to criminalize marital rape. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party develop programmes and policies for the prevention, recovery and social reintegration of child victims, including child brides, in accordance with the documents adopted at the World Congresses against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Gender based violence
- Protection of children from sexual abuse
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right of the child to state care
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
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
REF0829
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee, in line with its previous recommendation (CRC/C/15/Add.254, para. 7) and in the light of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of 1993, urges the State party to review the general nature of its reservation and encourages the State party to withdraw it in a clear timeframe. The Committee recommends that the State party bring its domestic laws and regulations into compliance with the Convention and ensure that the provisions of the Convention prevail whenever there is a conflict with the domestic law.
- 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
REF0871
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (see CRC/C/15/Add.254, para. 71) that the State party take all appropriate legislative and administrative measures to (trafficking and sale of persons under the age of 18 years) prevent and eliminate this phenomenon and to ensure that traffickers are prosecuted, convicted and punished.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- The prevention of trafficking of children
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0878
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee invites the State party to submit an updated core document, not exceeding 42,400 words, in accordance with the requirements for the common core document in the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties, including guidelines on a common core document and treaty-specific documents (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6, chap. I) and paragraph 16 of General Assembly resolution 68/268.
- 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
REF0879
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the budget needs of children and allocate adequate budgetary resources, in accordance with article 4 of the Convention, for the implementation of children's rights, and in particular, increase the budget allocated to social sectors and address disparities on the basis of indicators related to children's rights;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0880
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Utilize a child-rights approach in the elaboration of the State budget, by implementing a tracking system for the allocation and the use of resources for children throughout the budget, and use this tracking system for impact assessments on how investments in any sector may serve the best interests of the child, ensuring that the different impact of such investment on girls and boys is measured;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
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
REF0907
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Develop a comprehensive strategy to protect children in street situations and reduce their number, including identifying the underlying causes, such as poverty, family violence, migration, and lack of access to education, with the aim of preventing and reducing this phenomenon.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right of the child to state care
- Right to education
- Situation of street children
- Demographics
- Children
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0913
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Expeditiously implement the establishment of specialized juvenile courts and procedures with adequate human, technical and financial resources for all cases involving children, including those charged with the most serious crimes, designate specialized judges for children and ensure that such specialized judges receive appropriate education and training.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0914
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Ensure the provision of qualified and independent legal aid to children in conflict with the law, if possible by the choice of the child defendant, at an early stage of the procedure and throughout the legal proceedings.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0896
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
End the practice of identifying Baha'i children in schools and intimidating and expelling children on account of their religion.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0897
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Prohibit, prevent and punish the harassment, bullying, and expulsion from schools of LGBTI children.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Children
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0898
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Invest in training and providing more female teachers, especially in rural areas of the country.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0899
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Ensure adequate human, technical and financial resources to schools in rural areas.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to education
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0892
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Take immediate measures to ensure that children with disabilities have access to health care, including early detection and intervention programmes;
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to health
- Demographics
- Children
- Persons with Disabilities
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0909
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that children in street situations are not subjected to discrimination, abuse or harassment by the public and by law enforcement officials and that they are not subjected to arbitrary arrest and illegal detention.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom from discrimination
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Situation of street children
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0910
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Promptly investigate complaints concerning ill-treatment and abuse of children in street situations.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0911
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Support family reunification programmes if in the best interests of the child.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0912
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In the light of its general comment No. 10 (2007) on children's rights in juvenile justice, the Committee urges the State party to bring its juvenile justice system fully into line with the Convention and other relevant standards. Increase the age of criminal responsibility for girls, and ensure that girls and boys are treated on equal terms under the whole criminal justice system.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0917
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Ensure procedural guarantees to preserve the privacy of children in conflict with the law throughout the investigation and trial proceedings.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to Privacy
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0890
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Collect data on children with disabilities and develop an efficient system for diagnosing disability, which is necessary for putting in place appropriate policies and programmes for children with disabilities;
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- Children
- Persons with Disabilities
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0862
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to revise the Act on the Protection of Children and Adolescents with No Guardian or Abusive Guardians of 2012 in a way that prohibits any marriage or other sexual arrangements with an adopted child. It also recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to ensure the right of all children, especially children belonging to ethnic minorities, to grow up in a family environment. The Committee recommends that the State party take into account the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, which are annexed to General Assembly resolution 64/142.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0850a
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take the necessary measures to ensure full respect for the right of children to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, and that those rights not be subjected to undue and vague limitations but that restrictions to those rights comply with international standards. The Committee urges the State party to review its legislation in order to ensure that children under the age of 18 years are exempt from criminal responsibility for such content-based offences.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Child's right to be heard
- Freedom of expression
- Right to assembly & association
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0864
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee draws the State party's attention to its general comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, and recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to prevent early pregnancies by prohibiting child marriages and providing access to contraceptives and to safe abortion, and to post-abortion care services, throughout the country. It also recommends that the State party decriminalize abortions in all circumstances and ensure that the views of the pregnant girl are always heard and respected in abortion decisions. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party take measures to increase the allocation of public funds to improve the health situation of inhabitants of remote areas, focusing in particular on the health infrastructure. In doing so, the State party should seek financial and technical assistance from UNICEF and the World Health Organization, among others.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to health
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0865
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In the light of its general comment No. 4 (2003) on adolescent health and development, the Committee recommends that the State party adopt a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy for adolescents throughout the country and ensure that sexual and reproductive health education is part of the mandatory school curriculum and is targeted at adolescent girls and boys, with special attention to preventing early pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. It also urges the State party to take measures to provide LGBTI children with access to information on gender identity and sexual orientation.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to health
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0866
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent steps to counter the impact of river diversions and industrial activity in Khuzestan on agriculture and human health, which includes environmental pollution and water shortages.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to development
- Right to health
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- 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
REF0868
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee draws the State party's attention to its general comment No. 17 (2013) on the right of the child to rest, leisure, play, recreational activities, cultural life and the arts, and urges the State party to stop discriminating against girls in access to these rights, and to ensure that they are guaranteed the same rights to enjoy cultural, artistic and sports activities on equal terms with boys.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right of everyone to participate in cultural life
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- 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
REF0831
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to ensure that the State party's policies, strategies and plans of action address in particular the rights of children in disadvantaged and marginalized situations, are aimed at providing them with equal opportunities in all areas of life and at improving their situation, and are supported with sufficient human, technical and financial resources.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0832
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party provide the National Body on the Convention on the Rights of the Child with a clear mandate and sufficient authority to coordinate all activities related to the implementation of the Convention at cross-sectoral, national, regional and local levels, that it strengthen its capacity and that it ensure that its relevant working groups are provided with the necessary human, technical and financial resources.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0893
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Train and assign specialized teachers and professionals for integrated classes providing individual support and due attention to children with learning difficulties.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Accessibility for persons with disabilities
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Children
- Persons with Disabilities
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0894
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that girls, including married girls, have access to primary and secondary education without any barriers, including those established by husbands, parents and communities, and raise the awareness of the public about the importance of education, in particular among indigenous Arab communities;
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0833
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In the light of its general comment No. 5 (2003) on general measures of implementation, the Committee urges the State party to strengthen its data collection system. The data should cover all areas of the Convention and should be disaggregated by age, sex, disability, geographic location, ethnic origin and socioeconomic background, in order to facilitate analysis on the situation of all children, particularly vulnerable children. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the data and indicators be shared among the ministries concerned and be used for the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programmes and projects for effective implementation of the Convention. In this context, the Committee also recommends that the State party provide the necessary human and financial resources to support the new database and that it strengthen its technical cooperation with, among others, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0836
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take all possible measures to raise the awareness of its public, including children, about the provisions of the Convention through awareness-raising programmes, such as campaigns, and that it ensure that the Convention is part of the mandatory curriculum in all schools for children of all age groups. The Committee also recommends that the State party continue to provide regular and systematic training activities on the provisions of the Convention for law enforcement officials, the judiciary and other professionals working with and for children throughout the country.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0838
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to put an end to repression against non- governmental organizations working in the area of children's rights and to hold those responsible for harassment and persecution of human rights activists accountable.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0901
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Ensure prompt registration of all its asylum-seeking and refugee children in order to provide them with access to all basic services, including health care and education for free.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right of the child to state care
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0840
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Committee urges the State party to revise its legislation in order to ensure that girls enjoy the same rights and entitlements as boys in all aspects of life, especially in family relations, the criminal and civil justice system and property rights, and to take measures to eliminate any forms of discrimination in practice.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Gender based violence
- Demographics
- Children
- 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
REF0888
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In the light of its general comment No. 18 (2014) on harmful practices, adopted jointly with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, take measures to enforce article 663 of the Islamic Penal Code and to stop, effectively, the practice of female genital mutilation throughout the country;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Gender based violence
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0900
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Systematically collect disaggregated data on its refugee and asylum-seeking children in order to be able to develop programmes and policies that respond to their needs;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- Children
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0891
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Set up comprehensive measures to develop inclusive education and ensure that inclusive education is given priority over the placement of children in specialized institutions and classes;
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0902
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children are given guardianship, free legal assistance with immigration proceedings, and access to adequate shelter, food, health care and education.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Right of the child to state care
- Right to education
- Right to fair trial
- Right to health
- Situation of street children
- Demographics
- Children
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- 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
REF0886
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Introduce and enforce national laws prohibiting all forms of child marriage and ensure that children who have been married can file a complaint on family matters such as divorce and custody of their children, and for financial compensation;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0887
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that those responsible for the approval of forced and child marriage, including judges, parents, guardians, and religious or traditional leaders, are held accountable;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
REF0908
- Mechanism
- CRC
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
In coordination with NGOs and with children themselves, provide children in street situations with the necessary protection, including a family environment, adequate health-care services, the possibility to attend school and other social services.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right of the child to state care
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Demographics
- Children
- Civil Society
- Source Reference Info
- CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4
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
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
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
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
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
REF0614
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should ensure that an inquiry is opened in each case of alleged torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in detention facilities, and that the perpetrators of such acts are prosecuted and punished appropriately. It should ensure that effective reparation, including adequate compensation, is granted to every victim. The State party should also ensure that no one is coerced into testifying against themselves or others or to confess guilt and that no such "confession" is accepted as evidence in court, except against a person accused of torture or other ill-treatment as evidence that the "confession" or other statement was made.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
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
REF0617
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should amend the Penal Code to abolish the imposition of corporal punishment by judicial and administrative authorities. The State party should also explicitly prohibit all forms of corporal punishment in child-rearing and education, including by repealing the legal defences for its use in article 1179 of the Civil Code, articles 49 and 59 of the Penal Code and article 7 of the Law on the Protection of Children.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to education
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0619
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should ensure that arrest warrants contain the names of the accused and are based on a judge's review of material evidence. It should also release detainees who have been held on the basis of general and blanket arrest warrants, in the absence of evidence.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
NEW0001
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
In accordance with rule 71, paragraph 5, of the Committee's rules of procedure, the State party should provide, within one year, relevant information on its implementation of the Committee's recommendations made in paragraphs 9, 12, 13 and 22 above.
- 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
REF0596
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Aug 1, 1993
- Full Recommendation
The Committee also wishes to invite the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to undertake necessary steps to ensure that the rights enunciated in articles 17, 19, 21, 22 and 25 can be exercised without any limitations or restrictions other than those provided for in the Covenant.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Right to assembly & association
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Right to Privacy
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/79/Add.25
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
REF0606
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should repeal or amend all legislation which provides for or could result in discrimination against, and prosecution and punishment of, people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. It should ensure that anyone held solely on account of freely and mutually agreed sexual activities or sexual orientation should be released immediately and unconditionally. The State party should also take all necessary legislative, administrative and other measures to eliminate and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, including with respect to access to employment, housing, education and health care, and to ensure that individuals of different sexual orientation or gender identity are protected from violence and social exclusion within the community. The Committee reaffirms that all of these matters fall entirely within the purview of the rights contained in the Covenant, and therefore within the Committee's mandate. It urges the State party to include detailed information on the enjoyment of Covenant rights by members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in its next periodic report.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom from discrimination
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0636
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should take immediate steps to ensure and protect the full independence and impartiality of the judiciary, and guarantee that it is free to operate without pressure and interference from the executive power and clergy. The State party should also ensure that judges, in interpreting legislation and in relying on religious principles, do not reach verdicts that are in contravention of the rights and principles as laid down in the Covenant.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- 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
REF0605
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should amend the Civil Code and further amend the draft Family Protection Law, to (a) abolish the requirement for a father's or paternal grandfather's approval to legalize a marriage; (b) grant women equal rights to divorce; (c) award equal custody rights to the mother, including after a child reaches the age of seven or if she remarries; (d) award guardianship of a child to the mother in the case of the father's death; (e) grant women the same inheritance rights as men; (f) remove the legal obligation for a woman to be obedient to her husband; (g) remove the requirement for a husband's approval when a woman intends to leave the country; (h) prohibit polygamy; and (i) remove the power of a man to prohibit his wife from entering employment. The State party should also adopt legislation giving Iranian women the right to transmit their nationality to their children.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of Movement
- Right to nationality
- Right to recognition as a legal person
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0646
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should ensure that the right to freedom of assembly and association is guaranteed to all individuals without discrimination, and release immediately and unconditionally anyone held solely for the peaceful exercise of this right, including students, teachers, human rights defenders (including women's rights activists), lawyers and trade unionists. The State party should also ensure the prompt, effective and impartial investigation of threats, harassment, and assault on members of these groups, and, when appropriate, prosecute the perpetrators of such acts. The State party should also withdraw its draft Bill on the Establishment and Supervision of Non-Governmental Organisations, which would establish a Supreme Committee Supervising Non-Governmental Organisations' Activities, chaired by the Interior Ministry, including representatives from the Intelligence Ministry, the police, the Basij and the Revolutionary Guards Corps.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom from discrimination
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0649
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should fully guarantee the right to freedom of expression and opinion of independent media, and ensure that journalists can exercise their profession without fear of being brought before courts. The State party should release, rehabilitate and provide effective judicial redress and compensation for journalists imprisoned in contravention of articles 9 and 19 of the Covenant. The State party should also ensure that the monitoring of Internet use does not violate the rights to freedom of expression and privacy as defined in the Covenant. The Committee reminds the State party of its general comment No. 34 (2011) on article 19.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to Privacy
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0621
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should take all necessary measures to ensure that pretrial detention is not excessively long in law and in practice, particularly through independent judicial supervision and prompt access to lawyers, in full compliance with article 9 of the Covenant. The State party should also take immediate steps to eliminate incommunicado detention, taking due care to ensure compliance in practice.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0651
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should eliminate discrimination on the basis of sex with regard to the minimum age for marriage. It should also ensure that the minimum age complies with international standards and should adopt active measures preventing forced, early and temporary marriage of girls.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Child's right to be heard
- Freedom from discrimination
- Protection of children from sexual abuse
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0653
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should introduce legislative amendments to ensure that articles 3 and 28, sections 1 and 3, of the Majlis Elections Act are in conformity with the rights guaranteed in article 25 of the Covenant. It should also take adequate steps to guarantee that elections are conducted in a free and transparent manner, in full conformity with the Covenant, including through the establishment of an independent electoral monitoring commission.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Free and fair election
- Freedom from discrimination
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0625
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should take immediate steps to establish a system of regular and genuinely independent monitoring of places of detention, and ensure that conditions of detention conform to articles 7 and 10 of the Covenant, and to the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners. It should also systematically include human rights training as a standard component of curricula, covering the topics of the prohibition of torture, effective interrogation techniques, conditions of detention and the treatment of detainees, in the training of law enforcement, prison and judicial officials.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0654
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should ensure that all members of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities enjoy effective protection against discrimination and are able to enjoy their own culture and use their own language in media and schools, participate in public affairs and are provided with effective remedies against discrimination.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of expression
- Right of everyone to participate in cultural life
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
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
REF0657
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The Committee requests the State party, in its next periodic report, due to be submitted on 2 November 2014, to provide specific, up-to-date information on all its recommendations and on the Covenant as a whole.
- 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
REF0591
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Aug 2, 1993
- Full Recommendation
The Committee recommends that Iranian legislation and practice be brought into line with the provisions of articles 9 and 14 of the Covenant, which provide that all persons should have the right to a fair trial, including the assistance of counsel, the right to be brought promptly before a judge and the right to be tried in public. Urgent consideration should also be given to the abolition of the Revolutionary courts.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/79/Add.25
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
REF0604
- Mechanism
- Human Rights Committee
- Date
- Nov 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The State party should take steps to increase the number of women in decision- making and judicial bodies at all levels and in all areas. It should also organize special training programmes for women and regular awareness campaigns in this regard.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3
REF0116
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
As we have explained in previous communications to your Excellency's Government, the imposition of the death sentence on charges of 'mohareb' is highly problematic. We are concerned that this charge, which according to our information in Iran is directed mainly against political dissidents, critics of the Government and persons accused of espionage, might not be sufficiently well defined to satisfy the very strict standards of legality set by Article 6(2) of the Covenant for the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty. In order for the sentence of death to be imposed "in accordance with the law‚" the law in question must be sufficiently precise to clearly allow distinction between conduct punishable with the capital sentence and conduct not so punishable. (See the communications of 31 August 2006 concerning the imposition of the death penalty against Ali Motirijejad and others (reproduced in A/HRC/4/20/Add.1, pages 165f), of 26 July 2007 concerning the imposition of the death penalty against Abdolwahed (Hiwa) Butimar and Adnan Hassanpour (reproduced in A/HRC/8/3/Add.1, pages 210f), and of 18 July 2008 in the cases of Farzad Kamangar, Ali Heydariyan and Farhad Vakil
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0117
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
We therefore urge your Excellency's Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee that Yunes Aghayan is not deprived of his life in violation of the obligations your Excellency's Government has entered into under international law. Considering the irremediable nature of capital punishment, this can only mean suspension of the death sentence against him until the question whether the acts he was found guilty of satisfy international criteria for what constitutes 'most serious crimes' has been clarified.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0118
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
We would also like to appeal to your Excellency's Government to ensure the right to freedom of religion or belief in accordance with the principles set forth in the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief and article 18 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights as well as of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0124
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
In the event that your investigations support or suggest the above allegations to be correct, we urge your Excellency's Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee that the rights and freedoms of the aforementioned person(s) (ensure the right of peaceful assembly) are respected and accountability of any person guilty of the alleged violations is ensured. We also request that your Excellency's Government adopt effective measures to prevent the recurrence of these acts.
(Iran: Post-election violence killings of 5 students and 7 others Violation alleged: Deaths due to the use of force by law enforcement officials or persons acting in direct or indirect compliance with the State, when the use of force is inconsistent with the criteria of absolute necessity and proportionality )
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
NEW0014
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
In view of the urgency of the matter, we would appreciate a response on the initial steps taken by your Excellency's Government to safeguard the rights of the above-mentioned persons in compliance with the above international instruments
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0146
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
Only the full respect for stringent due process guarantees distinguishes capital punishment as still allowed under international law from a summary execution, which violates the most fundamental human right. We therefore urge your Excellency's Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee that the rights under international law of Messrs Ali Saedi, Walid Naisi, Majid Fardipour (Majid Mahawi), Doayr Mahawi, Maher Mahawi, Ahmad Saedi, and Yousuf Leftehpour are respected. Considering the irreversible nature of capital punishment, this can only mean suspension of the death sentence against the seven men until the question of whether fair trial guarantees were respected has been clarified and the allegations of torture have been thoroughly investigated and all doubts in this respect dispelled.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
NEW0016
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
In view of the urgency of the matter, we would appreciate a response on the initial steps taken by your Excellency's Government to safeguard the rights of the seven men mentioned herein in compliance with your Excellency's Government's international legal obligations
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0133
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
I therefore urge your Excellency's Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee that no one is executed on the basis of a judgment finding him or her guilty of moharebeh, that all death sentences imposed on charges of moharebeh are reviewed, and that the death penalty is no longer imposed on charges of moharebeh.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
NEW0004
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
Without in any way implying any conclusion as to the facts of the case, we should like to appeal to your Excellency's Government to seek clarification of the circumstances regarding the cases of the persons named above. We would like to stress that each Government has the obligation to protect the right to physical and mental integrity of all persons. This right is set forth inter alia in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0131
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
I would therefore respectfully request your Government to take all necessary steps to ensure that Mohammad Reza Haddadi is not executed tomorrow. Moreover, in order to ensure compliance with the absolute ban of the death sentence against juvenile offenders in international human rights law, the death sentence will have to be commuted.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0132
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
Finally, without expressing at this stage an opinion on whether the arrests of protestors on 27 December 2009 are arbitrary or not, we would like to appeal to your Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee their right not to be deprived arbitrarily of their liberty and to fair proceedings before an independent and impartial tribunal, in accordance with articles 9 and 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and articles 9 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
NEW0020
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
In view of the urgency of the matter, we would appreciate a response on the initial steps taken by your Government to safeguard the rights of the above-mentioned persons in compliance with the above international instruments.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0135
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
Merely taking gradual measures to decrease the carrying out of death sentences against offenders who were juveniles is an utterly inadequate approach to complying with your Excellency's Government's obligations under international law, which can only be fulfilled by immediately stopping all executions for crimes committed by persons who were not aged 18 at the time of the offence. Laws permitting the death sentence to be imposed on juvenile offenders are inherently inconsistent with the international legal obligations assumed by the Islamic Republic of Iran and should be promptly repealed.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0173
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
He calls upon the authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran to ensure the highest level of respect of the rights and freedoms of Mr. Younos/Yunes Aghayan.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/23/47/Add.5
REF0157
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2012
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur deeply regrets that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has not responded to any of the seven communications sent during the reporting period. In the absence of a response and clarification on the cases addressed therein and given the irreversible nature of capital punishment, the Special Rapporteur urges the Government to take all necessary measures to prevent the execution of the subjects of these communications.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/20/22/Add.4
REF0159
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2012
- Full Recommendation
In a press release issued on 22 September 2011, the Special Rapporteur, jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, issued a press statement in which they condemned the public execution of the juvenile Alizera Molla-Soltani, expressed concern at the high frequency of drug related executions (see above JUA 20/09/2011 Case No. IRN 12/2011) and reiterated their call for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty particularly in drug related and juvenile cases
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/20/22/Add.4
REF0171
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
As a consequence, the Special Rapporteur urges the Government to commute without delay the death sentence against Mr. Aref Hamediyan (Aref Hamidian).
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/23/47/Add.5
REF0130
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
I therefore urge your Excellency's Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee that Habibollah Latifi, Ehsan (Esma'il) Fattahian and Sherko Moarefi are not deprived of their lives in violation of the obligations your Excellency's Government has entered into under international law. Considering the irreversible nature of capital punishment, this can only mean suspension of the death sentence against them until the question whether the acts they were found guilty of satisfy the international criteria as to what constitutes "most serious crimes" has been clarified.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
NEW0015
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
Although the death penalty is not, per se, prohibited under international law, I would like to remind your Excellency's Government that it must be regarded as an extreme exception to the fundamental right to life, and must as such be interpreted in the most restrictive manner. It is crucial that all restrictions and fair trial standards pertaining to capital punishment contained in international human rights law are fully respected in proceedings relating to capital offences. As Article 14(5) of the ICCPR provides, "Everyone convicted of a crime shall have the right to his conviction and sentence being reviewed by a higher tribunal according to law." Since the Head of the Judiciary has ordered a review of Mr. Haddadi's case, no execution should be carried out before the completion of the review
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0125
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
I would therefore respectfully request Your Excellency's Government to take all necessary steps to commute the sentence of execution [of Mohammad Reza Haddadi] in order to ensure compliance with the applicable standards of international human rights law.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0142
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
I wish to thank your Excellency for your letter dated 15 July 2009 in response to my letter of 23 August 2007, in respect to another case in which the accused juvenile offender had been sentenced to qesas. Your letter indicates that through efforts of the Judiciary, the case had entered the reconciliation case and that as a result of the victim's guardians giving their consent the execution had been stopped and the accused released. While I welcome this outcome, I remain concerned that such efforts to decrease the carrying out of death sentences against offenders who were juveniles is an utterly inadequate approach to complying with your Excellency's Government's obligations under international law. These can only be fulfilled by immediately stopping all executions for crimes committed by persons who were not aged 18 at the time of the offence. Laws permitting the death sentence to be imposed on juvenile offenders are inherently inconsistent with the international legal obligations assumed by the Islamic Republic of Iran and should be promptly repealed.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0137
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
International law, in particular Article 6(4) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, guarantees the right to seek pardon or commutation of the sentence from the State authorities. Where the diyah pardon is available, it must be supplemented by a separate, public system for seeking an official pardon or commutation.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0121
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
(Regarding post-election violence killings of 5 students and 7 others. killing of students Fatemeh Barati, Kasra Sharafi, Mobina Ehterami, Kambiz Sho'a'i and Mohsen Imani along with at least seven other protesters and the arbitrary detention of dozens of opposition activists following recent elections in Iran.) Without expressing at this stage an opinion on the facts of the case and on whether the detention of the abovementioned persons is arbitrary or not, we would like to appeal to your Excellency's Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee their right not to be deprived arbitrarily of their liberty and to fair proceedings before an independent and impartial tribunal, in accordance with articles 9 and 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and articles 9 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0115
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
I therefore again urge your Excellency's Government to expeditiously lift or commute the death sentences imposed against Mr. Abu Moslem Sohrabi, as well as all other persons awaiting execution for offences committed before they reached age 18. All other efforts undertaken by your Government to prevent these executions are insufficient to meet its obligations under international treaties it is a Party to.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0123
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
In this context, we would further like to appeal to your Excellency's Government to take all necessary steps to ensure the right of peaceful assembly as recognized in article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which provides that "The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this right other than those imposed in conformity with the law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interest of national security of public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals of the protection of the rights and freedoms of others".
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0120
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
I therefore again urge your Excellency's Government to expeditiously lift or commute the death sentences imposed against Mr. Abu Moslem Sohrabi, as well as all other persons awaiting execution for offences committed before they reached age 18. All other efforts undertaken by your Government to prevent these executions are insufficient to meet its obligations under international treaties it is a Party to.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0138
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
I would respectfully reiterate my appeal to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to take all necessary steps to avoid executions that would be inconsistent with accepted standards of international human rights law and to take steps to bring its legislation in compliance with Article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political, to which it is a party. In particular, I urge your Government to expeditiously lift or commute the death sentences imposed against Amir Khaleghi and Safar Angooti as well as all other persons awaiting executions for offences committed before they reached age 18. All other efforts undertaken by your Government to prevent these executions are insufficient to meet its obligations under international treaties it is a Party to.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0134
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
We urge your Excellency's Government to take all necessary measures to ensure that the rights under international law of Sareimeh Ebadi and Bu-Ali Janfeshani are respected. Considering the irremediable nature of capital punishment and the fact that the death sentence for adultery is incompatible with your Government's obligations under international law, this can only mean suspension of the executions and eventually commutation of the death sentences.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0143
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
I would respectfully reiterate my appeal to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to take all necessary steps to avoid executions that would be inconsistent with accepted standards of international human rights law and to take steps to bring its legislation in compliance with Article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political, to which it is a party.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0172
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
Should any of the alleged violations of procedural safeguards in the proceedings conducted against him be confirmed, the Special Rapporteur calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran not to execute Mr. Behrooz Alkhani Aghbarzeh (Mr. Behrouz Alakhani), and commute without delay his sentence.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/23/47/Add.5
REF0174
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
He calls upon the authorities to ensure a thorough, prompt and impartial criminal investigation of the death of Mr. Satar Beheshti, as well as to criminally prosecute and punish all those responsible.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/23/47/Add.5
REF0129
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
In view of the urgency of this matter and of the irreversibility of the punishment of the death penalty, it is imperative that your Excellency's Government should take all steps necessary to prevent the execution of Mr Behnood Shoojaee and Mr Safar Angooti. I therefore again urge your Excellency's Government to suspend the executions reportedly already scheduled and expeditiously lift or commute the death sentences imposed against Mr Safar Angooti and Mr. Behnood Shoojaee, as well as all other persons awaiting execution for offences committed before they reached age 18.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0122
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
We should also like to appeal to your Excellency's Government to take all necessary steps to secure the right to freedom of opinion and expression of the above mentioned persons (people arrested following the 2009 elections), in accordance with fundamental principles as set forth in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and reiterated in article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which provides that "Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice‚".
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0127
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
I respectfully urge your Excellency's Government to take all measures necessary to comply with the commitments it has undertaken under international law. These measures were, in my view, accurately reflected in the recommendations issued by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, which called on the Islamic Republic of Iran in January 2005 (See CRC/C/15/Add. 254, 28 January 2005, at par. 30)
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0128
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2010
- Full Recommendation
In view of the urgency of this matter and of the irreversibility of the punishment of the death penalty, it is imperative that your Excellency's Government should take all steps necessary to prevent the execution of Mr Abbas Hosseini, which if carried out will be inconsistent with acceptable standards of international law. Further, the unsuccessful negotiations so far, for compensation (diyeh) to the victim's family should not form the basis for carrying out the execution of the death penalty. I therefore urge your Excellency's Government to lift or commute the death sentence imposed against Mr Abbas Hosseini.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/14/24/Add.1
REF0175
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur notes that 17 communications were sent to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the period under review. He thanks the Government for the responses received to five communications. At the same time, he regrets that the Government did not provide replies to 12 communications, and encourages it to respond substantively to all of them. The Special Rapporteur is particularly concerned about the high number of cases regarding the imposition of the death penalty in the Islamic Republic of Iran in contravention of international human rights law, namely of the most serious crimes provision and the standards on fair trial and due process safeguards. Should these allegations be corroborated, he strongly encourages the Government to stay all executions and commute without delay the death sentences. He also calls upon the Government to bring its domestic legislation and practice in conformity with the international law requirements regarding the imposition of the death penalty in the countries which have not yet abolished it.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/23/47/Add.5
REF0210
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for its response to this communication. In its response, the Government indicated that Mr. Ali Chibshat and Mr. Seyyed Khaled Mousavi were arrested on charge of conducting terrorist acts. According to the information provided by the Government, their file was considered in a Court in the city of Ahvaz and the verdict was appealed. The appeal Court reconsidered the case and reaffirmed the verdict. In interpreting article 6(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has consistently rejected the imposition of a death sentence for offences that do not result in the loss of life, finding that only cases involving murder meet the threshold of the most serious crimes provision. The Special Rapporteur urges the Iranian authorities to bring its domestic legislation into conformity with the most serious crimes provision under international law, and refrain from any further death sentence or execution in violation of these standards.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/29/37/Add.5
NEW0017
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government for its response, in which it is indicated that the case was under reconsideration and the final verdict had to be issued. Therefore, he would like to urge the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran not to execute Ms. Razieh Ebrahimi.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/29/37/Add.5
REF0212
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has not responded to seven communications sent during the reporting period. In the absence of a response and clarification on the cases addressed there in and given the irreversible nature of capital punishment, the Special Rapporteur urges the Government to take all necessary measures to prevent the execution of the subjects of these communications.
- 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/HRC/29/37/Add.5
NEW0025
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary executions
- Date
- Jun 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur is grateful to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for its responses concerning Mr. Arzhang Davoodi and Mrs. Yeganeh Salehi. He is following closely further developments on the cases mentioned in the communication. Therefore, the Special Rapporteur would appreciate receiving information on the proceedings against Mr. Arzhang Davoodi and Mr. Jason Rezaian, as well as additional details on the case of Mrs. Yeganeh Salehi, who according to the information provided by the Government was released on bail on 1 October 2014. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government did not provide information on the allegations regarding the detention of the other two journalists on the evening of 22 July 2014. He urges authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran that all proceedings fully comply with international law standards.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Prisoners
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
REF0105
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Date
- Feb 1, 2009
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur urged the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to take all necessary measures to guarantee that the rights and freedoms of Mr. Mahmoud Mohammad Matin-Azad, Mr. Arash Ahmad-Ali Basirat and Mr. Ramtin Soodmand are respected. She also requested that the Government ensures the compatibility of any new legislation adopted by the Iranian Parliament with international human rights law.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/10/8/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
NEW0022
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Human Rights Defenders
- Date
- Feb 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur notes that numerous communications sent during this reporting period relate to imprisoned human rights defenders who are serving long sentences for their peaceful activities in defence of human rights. The Special Rapporteur acknowledges receipt of the substantive response from the Government to the communication dated19 April 2016 regarding the alleged arbitrary detention and charges issued against human rights defender and journalist, Ms. Narges Mohammadi. The Special Rapporteur further acknowledges the two detailed responses received to the communication dated 22 July 2016 regarding the alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions as well as denial of adaquate medical services to Mr. Abdolfattah Soltani, Mr. Arash Sadeghi,and Ms. Narges Mohammadi. The Special Rapporteur appreciates the information received by the Government that the prison charges the human rights defenders are facing have been reduced through implementation of article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code and selective pardons. The sentences of Mr. Soltani were commuted from 18 years imprisonment to ten years imprisonment, while those of Ms. Mohammadi were reduced from 16 years to ten years and finally Mr. Sadeghi's sentences were commuted from an alleged 19 years sentence (including the application of a suspended sentence from a previous case) to seven and a half years. The Special Rapporteur acknowledges that the Government refutes the allegations, nevertheless, he remains seriously concerned that the charges seem to be directly related to their legitimate work as human rights defenders and lawyers, as well as the legitimate exercise of their rights to freedom of opinion and expression and freedom of association. As such, he urges the Government to take all necessary action to release the imprisoned defenders.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/52/Add.1
REF0213
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Human Rights Defenders
- Date
- Feb 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur strongly urges the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to fully cooperate with the mandates of the Special Rapporteur in the future, particularly due to the serious allegations addressed, and to provide information on the communications sent.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/31/55/Add.1
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
REF0177
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Human Rights Defenders
- Date
- Feb 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur urges the Government of Iran to take immediate steps to ensure that human rights defenders are able to carry out their work in a safe and enabling environment without fear of detention, harassment and prosecution. She remains available to provide any guidance or assistance that the Government might require in this regard.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/25/55/Add.3
REF0186
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Human Rights Defenders
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur urges the authorities to provide information on the remaining three detainees, as well as those included in other communications during the present reporting period, as soon as possible as grave concern is expressed about their state of health and limited access to medical treatment.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/63/Add.1
REF0214
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Human Rights Defenders
- Date
- Feb 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Due to the severity of the cases, the Special Rapporteur urges the Government to respond to the communications sent, as grave concern is expressed about the state of health of Ms. Daemi and Mr. Mirdamadi and their limited access to medical treatment.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/31/55/Add.1
REF0160
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Human Rights Defenders
- Date
- Feb 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur further expresses concern about reports she has received of illegitimate restrictions imposed on the right of human rights defenders to freedom of opinion and expression. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to take the necessary measures to guarantee the existence of an environment in which all human rights defenders can carry out their legitimate work without risk to their physical and psychological integrity or any other form of restriction, harassment, intimidation or fear of persecution, in accordance with the fundamental principles endorsed in the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/22/47/Add.4
REF0226
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Human Rights Defenders
- Date
- Feb 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur reiterates his appeal to the Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee that human rights defenders are subject to fair proceedings before an independent and impartial tribunal
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/52/Add.1
REF0156
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Human Rights Defenders
- Date
- Feb 1, 2012
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to take the necessary measures to guarantee the existence of an environment in which all human rights defenders can carry out their legitimate work without risk to their physical and psychological integrity or to any form of restriction, harassment, intimidation or fear of persecution, in accordance with the fundamental principles endorsed in the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. On the subject of defenders working to promote women's rights, she encourages the Government to pay particular attention to the recommendations given in her report to the Human Rights Council in 2011 (A/HRC/16/44, para.109-112).
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/19/55/Add.2
REF0227
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Human Rights Defenders
- Date
- Feb 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur urges the Iranian Government to immediately drop all charges against Ms. Rahemipour and to halt any acts of retaliation against relatives, witnesses and human rights defenders who report cases of enforced disappearances, pursuant to article 13 (3) and (5) of the Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance adopted by General Assemble resolution 47/133.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Enforced Disappearances
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/52/Add.1
REF0026
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2012
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/67/369
REF0032
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2012
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur also continues to underline the importance of perpetuating a culture of tolerance, and urges the Government to prevent discrimination against women and girls, as well as religious and ethnic minorities, in all spheres of public life and services, and to protect their freedoms to freely associate and express themselves. He further calls on the Government to ensure that the minimum age for marriage complies with international standards and that measures to prevent the forced, early and temporary marriage of girls are established
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of expression
- Protection of children from sexual abuse
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/67/369
REF0036
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2012
- Full Recommendation
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
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/67/369
REF0066
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
He encourages the Government to continue to amend laws in line with its legal obligations and pledges made during the Universal Periodic Review to protect the equal and full enjoyment by women of their civil, political, social and economic rights, including the right to freedom of movement, the right to work and the right to be free from discrimination, especially in the workplace.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of Movement
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- A/71/418
REF0083
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/72/322
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
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
REF0077
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/72/322
REF0164
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Feb 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/22/56
REF0165
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Feb 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
Expedite its voluntary commitment to establish a National Human Rights Commission, in accordance with Paris Principles.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/22/56
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
REF0061
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Oct 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/70/411
REF0062
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Oct 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/70/411
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
REF0200
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
REF0203
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
REF0205
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
REF0208
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of expression
- Gender based violence
- Right to health
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
REF0187
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to health
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
REF0189
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
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
REF0191
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
Calls on the Government to amend laws that violate the rights of women, or that undermine their full enjoyment of civil political, social, and economic rights, including the right work and to freedom from discrimination, especially in education and the workplace. Draft legislation currently under consideration that appears to infringe on these rights raises serious concern, and should be reconsidered.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to education
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
REF0854
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
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;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Prisoners
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
REF0180
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
To improve access of legal counsel to all files containing evidence against the accused.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/25/61
REF1471
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
Pending implementation of the aforementioned recommendations, and without prejudice to the binding obligation enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to not sentence children to death and to not execute child offenders, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the judiciary: Ensure that any article 91 assessment is conducted on the prima facie basis that there is uncertainty about the mental development of the child, and as such a death sentence cannot be imposed. Ensure that the burden of proof is always on the prosecution to establish complete certainty about the full mental development of the child, in line with article 91. Furthermore, ensure that the child is afforded the benefit of the doubt if the assessment is not undertaken immediately after the crime;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Child's right to be heard
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
REF1447
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
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;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
REF1476
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
Pending implementation of the aforementioned recommendations, and without prejudice to the binding obligation enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to not sentence children to death and to not execute child offenders, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the judiciary: When assessing the quality and veracity of testimony or confession offered by the child, ensure that the judge considers all circumstances of interrogation, especially the age of the child as well as the length of detention and interrogation and the presence of legal or other representatives and parents during questioning;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Child's right to be heard
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
REF1477
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
Pending implementation of the aforementioned recommendations, and without prejudice to the binding obligation enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to not sentence children to death and to not execute child offenders, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the judiciary: Require that all those who deal with children in the criminal justice system, especially judges, prosecutors, medical examiners, police interrogators and other law enforcement professionals, undergo specialist, ongoing and systematic training on the rights of the child. Such training should inform participants about how to take into account the child's physical, psychological, mental and social development in a manner consistent with the obligations of the Islamic Republic of Iran under international human rights law;
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
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
REF1466
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur recommends that Parliament: Amend the Penal Code to increase the age of criminal responsibility for qisas and hudud crimes to 18 years for all children, and ensure that all children are treated equally and without discrimination within the criminal justice system.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
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
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
REF1470
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
Pending implementation of the aforementioned recommendations, and without prejudice to the binding obligation enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to not sentence children to death and to not execute child offenders, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the judiciary: (a) Require courts to comprehensively assess mental development in all cases in line with article 91 of the Penal Code, and to always seek expert advice from the relevant child development, psychology, psychiatry, and social service fields as well as from the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization, with a view to ensuring that the child is exempted from the death penalty;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
REF1486
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
Pending abolition of the death penalty for child offenders, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization, and other expert bodies called upon to conduct article 91 assessments: Afford the child offender the benefit of the doubt and deliver a finding of uncertainty when absolute certainty cannot be scientifically established, including if the assessment is not conducted immediately after the alleged offence. Establish and publish a methodology to conduct the assessment.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
REF1555
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/73/398
REF1559
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Right to assembly & association
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/73/398
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
REF1561
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
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
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/37/68
REF1562
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Right to Privacy
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/37/68
REF1563
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/37/68
REF1565
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Children
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/37/68
REF1566
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/37/68
REF1567
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/37/68
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
REF1642
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
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;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF1643
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
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;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF1644
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
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
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF1647
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
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;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF1607
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur further calls on the Government to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and to amend laws that violate the rights of women, including the rights to freedom of movement and work and the right to be free from discrimination, especially in the workplace and in the hiring process. She urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to protect children born within its jurisdiction by facilitating the ability of women to pass on their citizenship to their sons and daughters, and to amend laws and regulations, including on dress code that infringe upon the rights of women and undermines their dignity. In the light of the high rates of child marriage, which is never in the best interest of the child, the Special Rapporteur reiterates her call upon the Government to take steps to ensure that the minimum age for marriage complies with international standards.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Family-related rights
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of Movement
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Gender based violence
- Protection of children from sexual abuse
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Ratification Status
- Right to nationality
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/37/68
REF1609
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
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
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/37/68
REF1615
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to ensure the protection of the rights of LGBT and intersex individuals by repealing laws that punish people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, and enacting effective anti-discrimination laws, and to ban forced and involuntary treatment and medical procedures.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Gender based violence
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- Demographics
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/37/68
REF1640
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
End the unlawful practice of requiring prisoners to pay for medical treatment, which violates both international and Iranian law;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF1620
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
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;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF1623
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
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;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Right to health
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF0030
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2012
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Right to assembly & association
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/67/369
REF0067
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/71/418
REF0068
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/71/418
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
REF0071
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/71/418
REF0084
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur reiterates her call on the Government to uphold the integrity of judges, prosecutors and lawyers, notably by ensuring that appointments of judges are transparent and based on merit and by protecting them, their families and their professional associates against all forms of violence, threats, retaliation, intimidation and harassment as a result of discharging their functions.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/72/322
REF0085
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/72/322
REF0058
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Oct 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/70/411
REF0059
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Oct 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
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).
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Free and fair election
- Freedom from discrimination
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- A/70/411
REF0167
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Feb 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/22/56
REF0168
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Feb 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/22/56
REF0178
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
To facilitate the unconditional release of individuals imprisoned for exercising peacefully their rights to expression, association, assembly, belief and religion.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/25/61
REF0179
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
To strengthen fair trial safeguards by ensuring access to legal counsel during all phases of pretrial detention and the investigative stage of cases, including during interrogation and arraignment, and allow for legal counsel to advise the accused during these proceedings.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/25/61
REF1459
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
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;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
REF0181
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
To investigate all allegations of mistreatment and/or psychological and physical torture, and to prosecute the parties responsible.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/25/61
REF1460
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government and Parliament: Implement the recommendations reflected in the opinions of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and address patterns of violations highlighted by the Working Group with respect to dual and foreign nationals;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
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
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
REF0223
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to amend laws that violate the rights of women or that undermine their equal and full enjoyment of civil,political, social and economic rights, including the rights to freedom of movementand work and the right to be free from discrimination, especially in the workplace. Draft legislation currently under consideration that appears to infringe on these rights and that may incite violence against women should be reconsidered as a means of addressing national and international concern. The Government should also reconsider laws that insist that women must seek permission to travel from their spouses, and he urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to protect children born within its jurisdiction by facilitating the ability of women to pass on their citizenship to their sons and daughters.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of Movement
- Gender based violence
- Right to nationality
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Migrants, Refugees and non-nationals
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/31/69
REF0228
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur recalls that the right to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment can never be limited or interfered with whatever circumstances and urges the Government to abolish any provision which authorize punishments such as flogging, blinding, amputation and stoning of individuals.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/65
REF0230
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to refrain from any interference with the judicial process and to uphold the integrity of judges, prosecutors and lawyers, notably by ensuring that appointment of judges are transparent and based on merit and by protecting them, their families and professional associates against all forms of violence, threat, retaliation, intimidation and harassment as a result of discharging their functions. A self-regulating independent bar association or council should be urgently established to oversee the process of admitting candidates to the legal profession, provide for a uniform code of ethics and conduct, and enforce disciplinary measures, including disbarment.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/65
REF0233
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur recalls that freedom of opinion and freedom of expression are indispensable conditions for the full development of the person, are essential for any society and constitute the foundation stone for every free and democratic society. The Government has the responsibility to ensure that human rights defenders do not face prosecution for promoting and advancing human rights in the country.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/65
REF0236
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/65
REF0238
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to take proactive steps to promote the full realization of the rights of human rights defenders and to refrain from any acts that violate the rights of human rights defenders because of their human rights work. The government should take strict measures to ensure that the security and intelligence apparatus does not use reprisals against families of those who monitor or campaign against human rights violations or express views that are contrary to government policies.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/65
REF0244
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to ratify the Convention on the elimination of discrimination against women, to amend and repeal all laws which discriminate women and girls and to refrain from adopting laws and measures which would further undermine the empowerment of women and their participation into the labour force. She urges the Government to ensure women and girls' freedom of movement and guarantee their fundamental right to physical education, physical activity and sport. Laws and regulations that require women and girls to observe the Islamic dress code infringe their right to have, adopt and profess or not a religion or belief and do not take into account the various religious components of the Iranian society. These laws should be reviewed and the Government should respect the right of anyone to privacy and ensure that security forces refrain from acting as moral guardians of the citizens.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of Movement
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Ratification Status
- Right of everyone to participate in cultural life
- Right to education
- Right to work
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/65
REF0245
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to prohibit all forms of child marriage and develop awareness-raising campaigns and programmes on the harmful effects of this practice on the physical and mental health and well-being of girls, targeting households, local authorities, religious leaders, and judges and prosecutors, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Gender based violence
- Protection of children from sexual abuse
- Protection of the child from all forms of violence
- Right to health
- Demographics
- Children
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/65
REF1631
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
Protect the rights of all persons belonging to religious and ethnic minorities, address all forms of discrimination against them and release all those imprisoned for having exercised their right to freedom of religion or belief
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF1632
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders, 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;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF1633
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
Ensure that lethal force is used only when strictly unavoidable to protect life, in accordance with principle 9 of the Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, and that everyone is allowed to participate in lawful and peaceful assemblies, in accordance with article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to assembly & association
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF1652
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF0169
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Feb 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
Consider a moratorium on capital punishment until the efficacy of judicial safeguards can be meaningfully demonstrated, and stay the execution of individuals who have alleged violations of their due process rights.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to fair trial
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/22/56
REF1618
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
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
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF1624
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Full Recommendation
Pending its abolishment, remove the death penalty as punishment for all offences other than the most serious crimes, which involve intentional killing, and ensure that all individuals sentenced to death for offences other than intentional killing have their sentences commuted;
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Right to life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/43/61
REF0017
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
Requests that he be allowed to visit that country in order to develop his dialogue with the authorities and either substantiate or lay to rest, allegations of human rights violations committed within its sovereign territory.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/66/374
REF0022
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
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
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/66/374
REF0025
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2012
- Full Recommendation
Concludes that specific attention must be paid to legislation that serves to attenuate and abrogate rights guaranteed by the five international instruments to which the Islamic Republic of Iran is a party. Impunity must also be addressed in order to facilitate accountability, provide redress for human rights violations and strengthen the rule of law, all of which are required to effectively promote respect for human rights in the country.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/67/369
REF0163
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Feb 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
Desist from actions designed to injure or intimidate those who work to identify human rights violations, promote redress, and those that may cooperate with international human rights mechanisms.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/22/56
REF0092
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur 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 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/72/322
REF0063
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Oct 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
Urges the authorities to recognize that dialogue and inclusive participation of all the citizens in a diverse society can form the basis of 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 further 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
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Demographics
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/70/411
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
REF0182
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
To prevent the intimidation of lawyers, including threats of detention and prosecution for discharging their ethical and professional responsibilities, including when submitting client grievances and addressing international and national media on their client's behalf, which should be possible without fear of prosecution under national security and defamation laws.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/25/61
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
REF0215
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
Despite some positive amendments in 2013, the Islamic Penal Code continues to justify serious human rights violations perpetrated by government officials, including members of the judiciary. Many provisions in the penal code violate the country's international human rights obligations by criminalizing the peaceful exercise of fundamental rights or other acts that are not internationally recognized as crimes. The penal code also continues to discriminate against girls, women and religious minorities. The Special Rapporteur encourages the Government to consider additional reforms to the penal code in line with the country's international legal obligations.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom from discrimination
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to fair trial
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/31/69
REF0216
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
The widening crackdown on freedom of expression and opinion that reportedly took place during the reporting period is regrettable, and the Special Rapporteur urges the Government to consider amending or rescinding laws, policies and parliamentary measures that contravene freedom of expression and that restrict access to information, including the draft political crimes bill, which would criminalize attempts to reform the country's policies
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Right to participate in public affairs and political life
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/31/69
REF0217
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
He reiterates the concern of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders about the Government's "overly broad interpretations" of national security and propagation crimes against the State, and strongly urges authorities to release all individuals identified as arbitrarily detained by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and other human rights mechanisms.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/31/69
REF0218
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2016
- Full Recommendation
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
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/31/69
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
REF1616
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2011
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur encourages the Government to open greater space for the aforementioned groups of civil society actors to be able to carry out their work. He also wishes to stress the importance of freedom of expression and assembly for a democratic, open society governed by the rule of law, and encourages the Government to refrain from repressing dissent. The Special Rapporteur would also like to underscore the importance of perpetuating a culture of tolerance, and urges the Government to prevent discrimination against women, as well religious and ethnic minorities, in all spheres of public life and services, and to protect their freedoms to freely associate and express themselves.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of expression
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- A/66/374
REF0031
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2012
- Full Recommendation
He continues to emphasize the need to establish an effective national human rights mechanism that is compliant with the Paris Principles, in order to ensure that violations of human rights are investigated and sufficient remedies are provided.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/67/369
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
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
REF0045
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/69/356
REF0046
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
He calls upon the Government to take immediate and effective steps to stop and reverse the desiccation of Lake Urmia and upon the international community to support the conservation efforts further.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Environmental Rights
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/69/356
REF0048
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur reiterates the call upon the Government to incorporate the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights into national law, to establish an independent national human rights institution, as it pledged when the country was first considered by the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, and to end all forms of discrimination in law and practice that undermine the full enjoyment of rights guaranteed by those two covenants, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, belief or opinion.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/69/356
REF0051
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2014
- Full Recommendation
He further repeats his call for substantive engagement and cooperation between the Government and the United Nations human rights mechanisms, including compliance with the findings of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which has identified a number of cases of arbitrary detention. He appeals for the unconditional release of all those detained for the peaceful exercise of their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association, conscience and political opinion, in particular journalists, human rights defenders, adherents of recognized and unrecognized religions and the leaders of the Baha'i faith.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of religion and belief
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities
- Source Reference Info
- A/69/356
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
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
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
REF0086
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, to repeal all laws that discriminate against women and girls and to ensure that any bill still before Parliament that would further undermine the empowerment of women is dropped. She urges the Government to ensure the freedom of movement of women and girls and guarantee their right to physical education, physical activity and sport. Laws imposing dress codes on women should be reviewed, and the Government should respect the right of anyone to privacy and ensure that security forces refrain from acting as moral guardians of the citizens.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from discrimination
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of Movement
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Ratification Status
- Right of everyone to participate in cultural life
- Right to education
- Right to Privacy
- Demographics
- Women and Girls
- Source Reference Info
- A/72/322
REF0078
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur therefore calls on the Government to ensure that a thorough and independent investigation into the killings in 1998 is carried out.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/72/322
REF0079
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Arbitrary Detention
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Right to assembly & association
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/72/322
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
REF0098
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Sep 1, 2018
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur calls upon the Government to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and urges the Government to enact laws prohibiting the punishments of flogging and amputations, as they represent cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments and violate articles 7 and 10 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom from torture/CID treatment
- Ratification Status
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/73/398
REF0161
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Feb 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
Extend its full cooperation to the country mandate-holder by engaging in a substantive and constructive dialogue and facilitating a visit the country.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/22/56
REF0162
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Feb 1, 2013
- Full Recommendation
Immediately investigate allegations of reprisals against individuals that cooperate with international human rights instruments and organizations and to take measures to "ensure adequate protection from intimidation or reprisals for individuals and members of groups who seek to cooperate or have cooperated with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights".
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty and Security of the person
- Demographics
- Civil Society
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- HRDs, Journalists & Lawyers
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/22/56
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
REF0253
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2017
- Full Recommendation
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.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- Prison Standards and Treatment for Prisoners
- Demographics
- Prisoners
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/34/65
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
REF0193
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Mar 1, 2015
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur reiterates his firm belief that the Government could significantly improve the country's human rights situation by implementing recommendations made during both universal period review cycles and those made by the Secretary-General, the Commissioner for Human Rights, the treaty bodies and the special procedures. This includes reconsidering previously rejected recommendations to accede to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the two ILO conventions related to collective bargaining and the formation of unions.
- Recommendation Status
- Not Implemented
- Themes
- International treaties, reporting, data and non-compliance
- Ratification Status
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/28/70
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
REF1461
- Mechanism
- Special Rapporteur - Iran
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Full Recommendation
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government and Parliament: Take all measures necessary to mitigate some of the effects of economic sanctions, and to meet its obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including on the protection of vulnerable groups. Establish a transparent financial mechanism to ensure that trade in medicines and other essential humanitarian items continues.
- Recommendation Status
- Partially Implemented
- Themes
- Right to food
- Right to health
- Demographics
- General Population, individual cases, miscellaneous
- Source Reference Info
- A/HRC/40/67
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