A/RES/80/222 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 13 in relation to communication with and access to nationals of sending States who are in prison, custody or detention; 11. Calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to address the poor conditions in prisons, including overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and the lack of adequate food and clean water, expresses concern about the detention of children with their mothers in deteriorating conditions, urges an end to the practice of deliberately denying prisoners access to adequate and timely medical treatment and supplies, safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, contact with family members, or making such access contingent upon confession or subject to reprisal, as well as the use of sexual and gender-based violence, including rape, against prisoners, and calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to disclose the fate and whereabouts of all prisoners and to establish credible and independent prison oversight authorities to investigate all deaths in detention, including during transport and hospital admission, and all complaints or allegations of abuse or human rights violations and to ensure that investigations are prompt, effective, independent, transparent and impartial in line with international law and to ensure accountability; 12. Condemns the targeted repression of women and girls by the Islamic Republic of Iran, both online and offline, and the lack of accountability and justice measures for human rights violations perpetrated against women and girls, and strongly urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to eliminate, in law and in practice, all forms of systemic discrimination and violence against women and girls, in public and private life, including sexual and gender-based violence, verbal and physical harassment, and related human rights violations against women and girls, and to ensure that grievances are taken seriously and investigations into alleged human rights violations and abuses are conducted promptly, effectively, independently, transparently and impartially in conformity with international law; 13. Notes the withdrawal and subsequent reversal of withdrawal of the bill to protect the dignity and security of women against violence, calls for the development and implementation of comprehensive domestic violence legislation that effectively criminalizes violence against women and girls and ensures effective protection and remedies for victims, and calls for the Islamic Republic of Iran to take gender responsive measures, in policy and in practice, to prevent and ensure protection for women and girls against sexual and gender-based violence in all its forms, including sexual assault and intimate partner violence, to ensure women’s and girls’ equal protection and access to justice, including by preventing and prohibiting femicide, so called honour killings, female genital mutilation, which persists in some minority communities, and child, early and forced marriage, which is inherently destructive to the life of the girl child and has increased in the Islamic Republic of Iran in recent years; 14. Calls upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to promote, support and enable women’s and girls’ full, equal and meaningful participation and leadership in political and other decision-making processes, while noting incremental steps in the political participation of women and recognizing the high enrolment of girls and women in all levels of education in the Islamic Republic of Iran, to ensure women’s and girls’ equal access to free, equitable primary and secondary education and equal access to higher education, and to take appropriate prevention and protection measures to protect schools and students, including girls, and remove legal, regulatory and cultural barriers to women’s free, equal and meaningful participation and leadership in the labour market and in all aspects of economic, cultural, social and political life, including unrestricted participation in and attendance at sporting events, and _______________ 13 4/10 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 596, No. 8638. 25-20984