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

27 Jun 2024

Special Procedures

Iran must end harassment of Narges Mohammadi and release all women human rights defenders: Independent Experts

21 Jun 2024

Human Rights Council

Independent Expert Notes Concerning Trend of Ever-Expanding Restrictions on Rights to Freedom of Expression, Peaceful Assembly and Association Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

30 May 2024

Special Procedures

Violence and threats against journalists reporting on Iran from abroad must stop, warn UN experts

13 May 2024

Special Procedures

Iran: UN experts alarmed by death sentence imposed on peaceful activist, demand moratorium on death penalty

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Latest statements & messages

20 Jun 2024

Multiple Mechanisms

Presentation of the Secretary-General’s report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (A/HRC/56/22)

14 Apr 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Türk condemns Iran's attacks on Israel, calls for de-escalation

18 Mar 2024

Multiple Mechanisms

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

28 Nov 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell on executions of a child and a young man in Iran

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Featured Stories

A protester at a march in support of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, Paris, France, 2 October 2022. © Maylis Rolland / Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect
26 March 2024 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

“Woman, Life, Freedom” survivors want to end State impunity in Iran

Survivors of the 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests in Iran back the UN Fact-Finding Mission that qualified Iran’s repression of the movement as crimes against humanity, including of persecution on grounds of gender.
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.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/53/23: Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Secretary-General

A/78/511: Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Secretary-General

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

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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/55/62: 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

A/78/326: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman

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.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

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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

CCPR/C/IRN/CO/4: Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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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