A/RES/75/191 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Disabilities and subsequent discussions regarding its implementation, while noting that the law remains unimplemented, and urges the authorities to work together with civil society to ensure that sufficient State funds are allocated for its implementation and monitoring; 5. Also welcomes the continuing efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran to host a large number of Afghans, including approximately 1 million registered refugees, and to provide them with access to basic services, in particular health care and education for children; 6. Further welcomes the commitments made by the Iranian authorities with regard to improving the situation of women, and notes the ongoing discussions regarding the comprehensive bill on ensuring the protection of women against violence and the entry into effect of the amendment to the Nationality Law, which gives Iranian women married to men with foreign nationality the right to request Iranian citizenship for their children under the age of 18 years; 7. Welcomes the adoption of a bill to protect children and adolescents, noting the effort to prioritize children’s education, and emphasizes the importance of continuing discussions on prohibiting child, early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation, child torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, removing the death penalty for child offenders and equalizing the age of criminal responsibility for both girls and boys; 8. Also welcomes the engagement of the Islamic Republic of Iran with human rights treaty bodies, including through the submission of periodic reports, and notes in particular the engagement of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its participation in the universal periodic review; 9. Further welcomes the ongoing contact with and dialogue between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as the invitations extended to other special procedure mandate holders; 10. Welcomes the expressed readiness of the Iranian High Council for Human Rights and other Iranian officials to engage in bilateral dialogues on human rights, and calls upon them to increase such dialogues or resume those that have been paused; 11. Acknowledges the efforts of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID -19) pandemic on human rights, in cooperation with international aid organizations, including the efforts to combat sexual and gender-based violence, including sexual assault, and domestic and intimate partner violence during the COVID -19 outbreak, through awareness-raising actions and hotlines, and in this regard notes initiatives focused on social assistance and health services, while further noting the impact on human rights of long-term challenges to the socioeconomic situation, and in that regard encourages continued discussions with the international community on structural reform; 12. Expresses serious concern, notwithstanding the previously noted reduction in the number of executions, notably for drug-related crimes, at the alarmingly high frequency of the imposition and carrying-out of the death penalty by the Islamic Republic of Iran, in violation of its international obligations, including executions undertaken against persons on the basis of forced confessions or for crimes that do not qualify as the most serious crimes, including crimes that are overly broad or vaguely defined, in violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 6 __________________ 6 2/6 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 20-17348