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Alarmed also at the recent surge in executions, including of individuals charged with offences
that do not meet the threshold of the most serious crimes, and at the executions of individuals
sentenced for alleged offences committed before the age of 18 years, and following trials that fail to
respect fair trial guarantees,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on the institution-building of the Council,
and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedure Mandate Holders of the Council, of 18 June
2007, and stressing that mandate holders are to discharge their duties in accordance with those
resolutions and the annexes thereto,
1.
Strongly deplores the widespread, repeated and persistent violations of human rights
in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to address systematic
impunity by establishing a system of accountability in line with international law, including
constitutional, legislative and administrative reforms, and to ensure the complete independence of
the judiciary and effective remedies for victims;
2.
Calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to address widespread and systematic
discrimination and violence based on gender, ethnicity, religion or belief or political opinion, among
other status, enshrined in laws, State policies and practices, and to create a safe and enabling
environment for civil society, including by guaranteeing and upholding the right to freedom of
expression and opinion, both online and offline, and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and
association;
3.
Expresses deep concern at the reported surge in the number of executions, including
of individuals sentenced to death in relation to their alleged involvement in the recent protests, and
urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to take all necessary legislative, administrative and other
measures, in accordance with its international human rights obligations, to ensure that no one is
sentenced to death or executed for offences that do not meet the threshold of the most serious crimes
or for alleged offences committed before the age of 18 years, and to ensure that all criminal
convictions and sentences are handed down by courts that are competent, independent and impartial,
following proceedings that strictly respect fair trial guarantees;
4.
Decides to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
in the Islamic Republic of Iran for a further period of one year, and requests the Special Rapporteur
to submit a report on the implementation of the mandate to the Human Rights Council at its fiftyfifth session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session;
5.
Calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to cooperate fully with the
Special Rapporteur and to permit access to visit the country, and to provide all information necessary
to allow the fulfilment of the mandate, in line with its standing invitation;
6.
Encourages the Special Rapporteur to cooperate with the international independent
fact-finding mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran with a view to promoting synergy;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with the resources
necessary to fulfil the mandate.
56th meeting
4 April 2023
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 23 to 8, with 16 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Argentina, Belgium, Benin, Chile, Costa Rica, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany,
Honduras, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Maldives, Mexico, Montenegro,
Morocco, Paraguay, Romania, Somalia, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland and United States of America
Against:
Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, Cuba, Eritrea, Kazakhstan,
Pakistan and Viet Nam
Abstaining:
Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, India, Kyrgyzstan,
Malaysia, Nepal, Qatar, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and
Uzbekistan]
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