A/RES/72/189
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
19 January 2018
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 72 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 19 December 2017
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/72/439/Add.3)]
72/189.
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 Rights 2 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 71/204 of 19 December 2016,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General of 31 October 2017, 3
submitted pursuant to resolution 71/204, and the report of the Special Rapporteur of
the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic
of Iran of 14 August 2017, 4 submitted pursuant to Council resolution 34/23 of
24 March 2017; 5
2.
Continues to welcome the 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;
3.
Acknowledges proposed or adopted legislative and administrative changes
in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the new Code of Criminal Procedure, the
Criminal Procedure Bill in respect of Juveniles and Children, the amendment to the
Anti-Narcotics Law regarding penalties for drug-related offences and the Citizens’
Rights Charter, which, if properly implemented, would address some human rights
concerns;
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17-23185 (E)
Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
A/72/562.
A/72/322 and A/72/322/Corr.1.
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 53
(A/72/53), chap. IV, sect. A.
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