109 Human Rights Groups Ask United Nations to Condemn Human Rights Violations in Iran

(16 November 2009) New York – Over one hundred independent human rights and civil society organizations from around the world have urged delegations to the United Nations to support a resolution in the General Assembly condemning human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), and urging the IRI to abide by its international human rights obligations.

“Human rights conditions in Iran have deteriorated dramatically since the General Assembly’s 2008 Resolution…”

Letter to Members of the United Nations on Human Rights in Iran – November 2009

10. Association for Human Rights Legal Aid (Egypt)
11. Association for Women’s Rights in Development
12. Bahá’í International Community (Switzerland)
13. Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (India)
14. Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (Egypt)
15. Cambodian Center for Human Rights (Cambodia)
16. Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Cambodia)
17. Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Cambodia)
18. Caucasian [...]

Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Iran

English, Passed by Third Committee 21 November 2008, Adopted by General Assembly 18 December 2008

Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

English, Issued 1 October 2008

Groups Urge Iran to Cooperate with UN Rights Bodies

(Geneva, 6 June 2008) – The Iranian government should cooperate with United Nations human rights bodies in order to address the ongoing human rights abuses in the country, a group of international human rights organizations said today.

The Iranian government’s refusal to implement recommendations issued by various UN human rights agencies are of grave concern to Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.