United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/58/195
Distr.: General
11 March 2004
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 117 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2003
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/58/508/Add.3)]
58/195. Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, 1 the International Covenants on Human Rights 2 and other
international human rights instruments,
Reaffirming that all Member States have an obligation to promote and protect
human rights and fundamental freedoms and to fulfil the obligations they have
undertaken under the various international instruments in this field,
Mindful that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a party to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights,2 the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination 3 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4
Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, the most recent of which is
resolution 56/171 of 19 December 2001, and recalling also Commission on Human
Rights resolution 2001/17 of 20 April 2001, 5
Noting the commitment made by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
to strengthen respect for human rights in the country and to promote the rule of law,
1.
Welcomes:
(a) The open invitation extended by the Government of the Islamic Republic
of Iran to all human rights thematic monitoring mechanisms in April 2002;
(b) The visit of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the
Commission on Human Rights to the Islamic Republic of Iran from 15 to
27 February 2003 and its subsequent report; 6
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1
Resolution 217 A (III).
Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.
4
Resolution 44/25, annex.
5
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2001, Supplement No. 3 (E/2001/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
6
E/CN.4/2004/3/Add.2 and Corr.1.
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