Such deplorable conditions are unsuitable for human dignity and may well amount to a breach of
the prohibition of torture under Article 6 of the ICCPR.
In its 2019 National Report to the Universal Periodic Review, the Government of the Islamic
Republic of Iran reported that the Citizenship Rights Watch Board conducts periodic inspections
of prisons and detention centers. According to the Government, the Board has “received and
handled 3,275 complaints and reports, through the complaint system, in relation with civil rights
violations. Between 2015 and 2018, a number of 28,504 inspections were carried out to
prosecutors' offices, prisons and detention centers.”21 There is no readily available information
about the outcome of such inspections and whether they led to the improvements of detention
conditions. Additionally, there is no readily available information that might indicate that such
inspections have been carried out in juvenile detention centers.
There is no readily available information with regards to access to education and health services
in the Rehabilitation and Training Centers in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Recommendation Status:
This recommendation has NOT been implemented.
21
National Report, UPR 2019, Islamic Republic of Iran, https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRN/1
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