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The UN Human Rights Council adopted Draft resolution A/HRC/S-39/L.1 Friday, calling for an urgent investigation into allegations of recent and ongoing serious human rights breaches, abuses, and crimes perpetrated in relation to the protests that began on December 28. It was approved with 25 votes in favor, seven against, and 14 abstentions from its member states.
The resolution requires Iran “to uphold and respect international law by implementing all necessary actions which would enable them to eliminate extrajudicial killings and all forms of violence which include sexual and gender-based attacks and all types of violent offenses which require their protected status.”
Following deteriorating economic conditions and living standards in Iran, members of various ethnic and religious groups launched anti-government protests. The situation worsened dramatically on January 8 as authorities enacted a complete internet and telecommunications shutdown.
Despite this, the UN fact-finding mission successfully obtained witness and victim accounts, which proved that security forces used lethal ammunition against crowds who posed no danger to anyone. The authorities reported more than 3,000 deaths on that day, which included security forces but civil society estimated actual deaths at tens of thousands including children.
The reports indicate that one hospital in Isfahan treated about 500 protesters on January 10 who suffered eye injuries from pellets. Authorities detained around 24,000 protesters, including children and journalists and human rights defenders. Later, the judiciary system moved to administer punishment to protesters with maximum speed while enforcing rules against any form of compassion.
Sara Hossain, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, decried the levels of violence in the past three weeks, marking it as the deadliest crackdown against Iranians since the Revolution of 1979. Moreover, Human Rights Chief Volker Türk highlighted the country’s violations of human rights obligations as he delivered seven key messages to Iran’s top leadership. He called on them to end brutal actions such as unfair trials, disproportionate sentencing, and the arbitrary detention of all detainees; stop all executions; restore internet and communications; and so forth.
The Council further decided to extend the operational time for both the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran and the Special Rapporteur monitoring human rights conditions in the country.
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The resolution requires Iran “to uphold and respect international law by implementing all necessary actions which would enable them to eliminate extrajudicial killings and all forms of violence which include sexual and gender-based attacks and all types of violent offenses which require their protected status.”
Following deteriorating economic conditions and living standards in Iran, members of various ethnic and religious groups launched anti-government protests. The situation worsened dramatically on January 8 as authorities enacted a complete internet and telecommunications shutdown.
Despite this, the UN fact-finding mission successfully obtained witness and victim accounts, which proved that security forces used lethal ammunition against crowds who posed no danger to anyone. The authorities reported more than 3,000 deaths on that day, which included security forces but civil society estimated actual deaths at tens of thousands including children.
The reports indicate that one hospital in Isfahan treated about 500 protesters on January 10 who suffered eye injuries from pellets. Authorities detained around 24,000 protesters, including children and journalists and human rights defenders. Later, the judiciary system moved to administer punishment to protesters with maximum speed while enforcing rules against any form of compassion.
Sara Hossain, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, decried the levels of violence in the past three weeks, marking it as the deadliest crackdown against Iranians since the Revolution of 1979. Moreover, Human Rights Chief Volker Türk highlighted the country’s violations of human rights obligations as he delivered seven key messages to Iran’s top leadership. He called on them to end brutal actions such as unfair trials, disproportionate sentencing, and the arbitrary detention of all detainees; stop all executions; restore internet and communications; and so forth.
The Council further decided to extend the operational time for both the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran and the Special Rapporteur monitoring human rights conditions in the country.
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