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Nov 08, 2008 at 06:34 PM |
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Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran United Nations General Assembly - Sixty-third session The present report, submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 62/168, is intended to reflect the broader patterns and trends in the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran on the basis of that country’s international treaty obligations and the observations made by treaty monitoring bodies and the special procedures of the Human Rights Council. While the report focuses especially of the concerns identified in the resolution, it also includes a section on economic, social and cultural rights in order to present a picture of the entire spectrum of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Click here for the English Version (PDF) Click here for the French Version (PDF) |
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Mar 11, 2008 at 12:00 AM |
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Iran Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - <http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/> Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 11, 2008 Section 5 Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons In general the government did not discriminate on the basis of race, disability, or social status; however, it did discriminate on the basis of religion, gender, and ethnicity. It consistently denied minorities their constitutional right to study and use their language in schools, particularly Kurds, Azeris, and Ahvazi Arabs. The poorest areas of the country were those inhabited by ethnic minorities, including the Baluchis in Sistan va Baluchestan Province and Arabs in the southwest. Much of the damage suffered by the citizens of Khuzestan Province during the eight-year war with Iraq has not been repaired; consequently, the quality of life of the largely Arab local population was poor. |
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Dec 16, 2007 at 08:41 PM |
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United Nations General Assembly Resolution on The Girl Child - November 21, 2007 PDF Format |
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Dec 16, 2007 at 08:36 PM |
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Council of Europe Resolution on Forced Marriages & Child Marriages Forced Marriage of the Girl Child Resolution - UN Commission on the Status of Women 2007 PDF Format |
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Dec 16, 2007 at 07:39 PM |
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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cat.htm Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984 entry into force 26 June 1987, in accordance with article 27 (1) |
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