and association on the basis of vaguely defined criminal charges. 38 39 40 41 Such State repression also targets women’s rights defenders, notably those peacefully advocating against the compulsory veiling laws.42 43 In January 2021, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran stated that he was “alarmed at the continuing harassment, arrest and imprisonment of women’s rights advocates, both women and men, including those campaigning against compulsory veiling laws ” and reported cases of women’s rights defenders being harassed, arbitrarily arrested, detained and prosecuted by Iranian authorities.44 The Special Rapporteur notably condemned the “sentencing of three women human rights defenders: Yasaman Aryani, Monireh Arabshahi and Mojgan Keshavarz.”45 Despite the existence of the several mechanisms that ostensibly accept complaints regarding violations of citizens' rights, accountability is limited, if not inexistent, as the Government relies on the Iranian legal framework to repress the work of women’s rights defenders. Evidence suggests that the Islamic Republic of Iran has not paid particular attention to the recommendations given in the 2010 report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of HRDs to the Human Rights Council. Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented. See more: ARTICLE 19, Small Media, Human Rights Activists in Iran, Impact Iran, Human Rights Committee, 129th session (Geneva) 29 June – 24 July 2020, https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/IRN/INT_CCPR_ICS_IRN_42315_E.pdf 39 See more: Iran Human Rights, https://www.iranhr.net/en/reports/23/ 40 See more: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, https://iranhrdc.org/controlled-and-pursued-labor-activism-incontemporary-iran/ 41 See more: Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, https://www.iranrights.org/projects/timeline 42 Article 638 of the Islamic Penal Code 2013, https://iranhrdc.org/islamic-penal-code-of-the-islamic-republic-of-iran-book-five/ 43 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, January 2020, https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IR/Report_of_the_Special_Rapporteur_on_the_situation_of_human_rights_in_the_ Islamic_Republic_of_IranA4361.pdf 44 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, January 2021, https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=A%2Fhrc%2F46%2F50&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop 45 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, January 2020, https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IR/Report_of_the_Special_Rapporteur_on_the_situation_of_human_rights_in_the_ Islamic_Republic_of_IranA4361.pdf 38 5