UN Human Rights Council Extended Ahmed Shaheed’s Mandate

HRANA News Agency – The United Nations Human Rights Council, by 20 votes in favor, 15 against and 11 abstentions, extended the mandate of the special rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran for one more year.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the resolution on the human rights situation in Iran “L. 27” adopted at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and the mandate of Ahmed Shaheed was extended for one more year.

The countries that voted for this resolution are: Albania, Belgium, El Salvador, France, Germany, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Macedonia, Switzerland, Britain and the United Arabic Emirates.

Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, announced in the 11th report on March 11, 2016 to the UN Human Rights council: “The Islamic Republic of Iran in 2015 had the highest rate of executions in the last ten years.”

He recommended the Iranian authorities to “abolish the juvenile death penalty”, for death sentences which do not include “serious crimes” are not based on international standards, appoint the moratorium [for review] and ban “stoning and public executions”.

Increasing oppression and suppression of of Baha’is, lack of formations for civil rights activists, lack of access to a fair hearing and confessions under torture, keeping the inmates in solitary confinement, disregarding the rights of minorities etc. were the issues which were emphasized in other parts of the 22-page report on the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council.

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