Deteriorating Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Especially with Respect to Women and Children

A/HRC/RES/S-35/1View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, published in 2022.

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Children Fact-Finding Missions Freedom of Expression Gender Discrimination Human Rights Iran (Islamic Republic Of)Public Demonstrations Women

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Urges the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to respect, protect and fulfil human rights and to take all measures necessary to stop and prevent extrajudicial killings, other forms of arbitrary deprivation of life, enforced disappearances, sexual and gender-based violence, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including against peaceful protesters;

Calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to end all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls in public and private life and in law and in practice and to uphold all human rights, including the rights to freedom of opinion, expression, peaceful assembly, association and religion or belief;

Also calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to cease the targeted intimidation and harassment of victims and survivors and their families and to ensure their access to truth, justice and redress, including reparations, and also ensure that perpetrators are held fully accountable, in compliance with fair trial guarantees under international human rights law;

Reiterates the urgent need for the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to fully restore Internet access, and underlines the importance of maintaining free, open, interoperable, reliable and secure nationwide access to the Internet, which contributes to the exercise of the freedoms of opinion, expression and assembly;

Urges the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in particular by granting free, full and unhindered access to the territory of the country, including unhindered access to all places of detention, and to extend full cooperation to the thematic special procedures of the Human Rights Council and to the United Nations treaty bodies;

Decides to establish an independent international fact-finding mission, until the end of the fifty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council, to be appointed by the President of the Council, with the following mandate:

Thoroughly and independently investigate alleged human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran related to the protests that began on 16 September 2022, especially with respect to women and children;

Establish the facts and circumstances surrounding the alleged violations;

Collect, consolidate and analyse evidence of such violations and preserve evidence, including in view of cooperation in any legal proceedings;

Engage with all relevant stakeholders, including the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, relevant United Nations entities, human rights organizations and civil society;

Requests the independent international fact-finding mission to present an oral update to the Human Rights Council during an interactive dialogue at its fifty-third session and to present to the Council a comprehensive report on its findings during an interactive dialogue at its fifty-fifth session;

Calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to cooperate fully with the independent international fact-finding mission, to grant unhindered access to the country without any delay and to provide the members of the fact-finding mission with all information necessary to allow for the proper fulfilment of their mandate;

Requests the immediate operationalization of the mandate, requests the Secretary-General to provide all the resources and expertise necessary to enable the fact-finding mission to fulfil its mandate, and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide such administrative, technical and logistical support as is required to implement the provisions of the present resolution.

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