United Nations
A/RES/69/190
General Assembly
Distr.: General
21 January 2015
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 68 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/488/Add.3)]
69/190. Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights,1 the International Covenants on Human Rights2 and
other international human rights instruments,
Recalling its previous resolutions on the situation of human rights in the
Islamic Republic of Iran, the most recent of which is resolution 68/184 of
18 December 2013,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted in August 2014
pursuant to resolution 68/184,3 and the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human
Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran 4
submitted in August 2014 pursuant to Council resolution 25/24 of 28 March 2014;5
2.
Welcomes pledges made by the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
with regard to some important human rights issues, particularly on eliminating
discrimination against women and members of ethnic minorities and promoting
freedom of expression and opinion, and urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to
translate them into concrete action that results in demonstrable improvements as
soon as possible and to ensure that its national laws are consistent with its
obligations under international human rights law and that they are implemented in
accordance with its international obligations;
3.
Acknowledges legislative and administrative changes in the Islamic
Republic of Iran that address some human rights concerns, including amendments to
the Islamic Penal Code and to the criminal procedure code, and notes efforts to
introduce a citizen’s rights charter, while urging the Government of the Islamic
Republic of Iran to ensure that these measures are consistent with its international
human rights obligations;
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
A/69/306.
4
A/69/356.
5
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/69/53),
chap. IV, sect. A.
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