GENEVA (26 June 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed concern Thursday about the large number of executions in Iran since the beginning of this year, calling on the authorities to halt, in particular, the imminent execution of a juvenile offender. “The imminent execution of Razieh ...
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council in March 2014. Read the ...
General Assembly' Third Committee passes resolution on the Promotion and protection of human rights: Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran at the 68th session in November 2013. 19 November ...
Archived video clips from the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council held in March 2014. Also watch the statement by the Special Rapporteur presenting his March 2014 report at the Council and Iran's ...
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva We are deeply concerned about the reported spike in executions in Iran since the beginning of this year. In just over seven weeks, at least 80 people have been executed. Some reliable sources indicate the figure could ...
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran presented to the General Assembly in October ...
The United Nations Human Rights Council today renewed the mandate for the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran by a vote of 21 for, 9 against, with 16 abstentions. View the introduction of the resolution by Sweden, with country responses and announcement of the vote below. ...
Full report PDF - 21 August 2013 - This report contains the findings of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, and illustrates that there is a strong link between violence against women and women’s incarceration, whether prior to, during or after ...
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran submitted to the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Read ...