Joint Letter: Biden Urged to Help Retract Appointment of Iranian Ambassador to Chair Social Forum
In a joint letter sent to U.S. President Joseph Biden and Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield today, the Center for Human Rights in Iran urged ...
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October 1, 2018
New UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman Requests Entry to Iran
UN SRs on Human Rights Banned From Visiting Since 2005 The new special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the ...
October 18, 2011
UN Human Rights Committee Grills Iran on Treaty Violations
Iranian Delegation Pushes Back Without Substance Declares “Multiculturalism” Legitimates Violations The UN Human Rights Committee, the expert treaty body tasked with reviewing countries’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political ...
March 24, 2011
Human Rights Council Votes 22 to 7 to Establish Special Rapporteur
(24 March 2011) Today’s Human Rights Council (HRC) decision to establish a UN special mechanism on human rights in Iran is an important step forward to address the human rights crisis and a victory for the Iranian people, the International Campaign for Human Rights in ...
March 23, 2011
So-Called NGOs that Support Torture and Child Executions
Geneva, Switzerland — Of all the countries whose human rights conditions are currently on the agenda of the Human Rights Council (HRC) or about whom there is criticism in various sections of the four-week long HRC session, Iran and China are two of the few ...
October 13, 2010
Amputations and Floggings on the Rise
(13 October 2010) The Iranian Parliament and Judiciary should immediately abolish cruel and inhumane punishments, such as limb amputation, stoning, and flogging, consistent with Iran’s international obligations, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. In recent days Iranian officials have acknowledged that amputations ...
April 23, 2010
Human Rights Community Prevails in Forcing Withdrawal of Iran’s Candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council
(24 April 2010) The withdrawal of Iran’s candidacy for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, which was vociferously opposed by Iranian civil society leaders and human rights community, is a victory for Iranian citizens whose human rights would very likely have suffered ...
April 23, 2010
“Does Iran Deserve to be on the UN Human Rights Council?”
(23 April 2010) Prominent Iranian human rights defenders and other members of civil society are calling on United Nations member states to soundly reject the Iranian government’s bid to become a member of the Human Rights Council. Despite Iran’s chronic neglect of international human rights, and ...