A/RES/72/189
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
4.
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 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;
5.
Also welcomes the efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran to host large
numbers of Afghan refugees, granting them access to basic services, in particular
access to health care and education for children;
6.
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
procedures mandate holders;
7.
Welcomes the expressed readiness of the Iranian High Council for Human
Rights and other Iranian officials to engage in bilateral dialogues on human rights;
8.
Takes note of the outcome of the presidential and local council elections
of May 2017 and of the peaceful electoral process, which saw high voter turnout and
which resulted in an increase in the number of women representatives on local
councils, while expressing concern about the large number of candidates, including
all women presidential candidates, who were disqualified through processes that
lacked transparency;
9.
Expresses serious concern 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 the imposition of the death penalty
against minors and persons who at the time of their offence were under the age of 18,
and executions undertaken for crimes that do not qualify as the most serious cri mes,
on the basis of forced confessions or against persons who at the time of their offence
were under the age of 18, in violation of both the Convention on the Rights of the
Child 6 and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 expresses
concern at the continuing disregard for internationally recognized safeguards,
including executions undertaken without notification to the prisoner ’s family
members or legal counsel, and calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of
Iran to abolish, in law and in practice, public executions, which are contrary to the
2008 directive seeking to end this practice issued by the former head of the judiciary;
10. Calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to ensure, in law and in practice,
that no one is subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment, which may include sexual violence, and punishments that are grossly
disproportionate to the nature of the offence, in conformity with amendments to the
Penal Code, the constitutional guarantees of the Islamic Republic of Iran and
international obligations;
11. Urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to cease the widespread and systematic
use of arbitrary detention, including the use of this practice to target dual and foreign
nationals, and to uphold, in law and in practice, procedural guarantees to ensure fair
trial standards, including timely access to legal representation of one ’s choice from
the time of arrest through all stages of trial and all appeals, the right not to be
subjected to torture, cruel and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and
consideration of bail and other reasonable terms for release from custody pending
trial;
12. Calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to address the poor conditions of
prisons, to eliminate the denial of access to adequate medical treatment and the
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