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Iran (Islamic Republic of)

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Overview

Iran is covered by OHCHR Headquarters. It also falls under the UN Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region established by General Assembly Resolution 60/153 of 2006. The Centre’s main objective is to strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights through technical cooperation, national capacity-building, public information and education, within the region stipulated in the mandate.

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News & Statements

Latest news

22 Sep 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Iran – Concerns over Chastity and Hijab Bill

19 Sep 2023

Special Procedures

Iran: UN experts denounce crackdown on public commemoration of Jina Mahsa Amini’s death

14 Sep 2023

Multiple Mechanisms

Iran: On one-year anniversary of Jina Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, heightened repression of women and girls and reprisals against protesters and victims’ families is deeply troubling, UN Fact-Finding Mission says

01 Sep 2023

Special Procedures

Iran’s proposed hijab law could amount to “gender apartheid”: UN experts

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Latest statements & messages

05 Jul 2023

Independent investigation

Oral update by Sara Hossain, Chairperson of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran

21 Jun 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Iran update on human rights

07 Mar 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Global update: High Commissioner outlines concerns in over 40 countries

24 Nov 2022

Multiple Mechanisms

The deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Featured Stories

Portrait photo of Mahnaz Parakand © Mahnaz Parakand
29 November 2022 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

“Woman, life, freedom!” an activist continues her fight for women’s rights

Mahnaz Parakand is an Iranian human rights defender and lawyer. She has been arrested, imprisoned and sentenced to death and had to leave Iran, and yet she continues to fight for the rights of Iranian women. On the occasion of International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, she tells what keeps her standing up for human rights.
Rakhine University Students hold placards during a protest against the internet shutdown in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar, 2020. Ⓒ EPA-EFE/NYUNT WIN
19 August 2022 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Activists: Internet shutdowns violate human rights

A recent report of the UN Human Rights Office warns Government-imposed internet shutdowns cause profound damage to the daily lives of millions of people, and undermine a range of human rights, first and foremost the right to freedom of expression.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/77/525: Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Secretary-General

A/HRC/50/19: Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Secretary-General

A/76/268: Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Secretary-General

A/HRC/47/22: Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of IranReport of the Secretary-General

A/75/287: Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Secretary-General

A/HRC/43/20: Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Secretary-General

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/52/67: Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman

A/HRC/51/33/Add.4: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights on her visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran – Comments by the State

A/HRC/51/33/Add.1: Visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Alena Douhan

A/77/181: Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman

A/HRC/49/75: Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman

A/HRC/46/50: Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran- Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CRPD/C/IRN/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of Iran by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4: Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Committee on the Rights of the Child

E/C.12/IRN/CO/2: Concluding observations on the second periodic report of the Islamic Republic of Iran, adopted by the Committee at its fiftieth session

CCPR/C/IRN/CO/3: Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee on the Islamic Republic of Iran

CERD/C/IRN/CO/18-19: Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures General Assembly Resolutions Human Rights Council Resolutions
Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Middle East and North Africa Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 9777

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