A/RES/76/178
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
4.
Also welcomes the approval in May 2018 by the Parliament of the Islamic
Republic of Iran of the Law for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and subsequent discussions regarding its implementation, while noting
that the law remains unimplemented, and urges the authorities to work together with
civil society and persons with disabilities to ensure that sufficient State funds are
allocated for its implementation and monitoring;
5.
Acknowledges the commitments made by the Iranian authorities with
regard to improving the situation of women and girls, and calls upon the relevant
Iranian authorities to ensure the swift adoption and implementation of the bill on
protecting women against violence presented to Parliament in January 2021, as well
as the implementation 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;
6.
Welcomes the adoption of a bill to protect children and adolescents, noting
the effort to prioritize children’s education and the online schooling programme
launched to facilitate virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, 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 offende rs
and equalizing the age of criminal responsibility for both girls and boys;
7.
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;
8.
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;
9.
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;
10. Acknowledges the efforts of the Government of the Islamic Republic of
Iran to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights, in
cooperation with international aid organizations, welcomes the recent acceleration of
the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, and calls upon the Government to continue to
combat sexual and gender-based violence, including sexual assault and sexual and
gender-based violence affecting intimate partners, including during the COVID-19
pandemic;
11. 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 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 expresses
serious concern at the disproportionate application of the death penalty to persons
belonging to minorities, who are particularly targeted for death sentences relating to
their alleged involvement in political groups, expresses concern at the continuing
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See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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