The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay today strongly objected to the rising wave of executions in Iran. Below is a statement released...
OHCHR: UN experts call for a moratorium on death penalty in the Islamic Republic of Iran
GENEVA (2 February 2011) – Two UN independent experts warned Tuesday that there has been a dramatic surge in death sentences in the Islamic Republic...
Shirin Ebadi Calls on UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Act
Lawyer Sentenced to Nine Years for Founding Human Rights Group (31 October 2010) The Iranian Judiciary should end its systematic targeting of human...
Report of the Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran – 2010
Download report (PDF) United Nations A/65/370 15 September 2010 Original: English Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations...
UN General Assembly: Rally Day (Gallery & video – Sept 23, 2010)
On the day of Ahmadinejad's address to the United Nations, several activist groups from across the United States and Canada, including UASDI and New...
FP: It’s time for Obama to support a UN rights monitor on Iran
By Dokhi Fassihian Friday, September 3, 2010 - 3:02 PM...
U.N. Elects Iran to Commission on Women’s Rights
By Joseph Abrams Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat on...
Report from Geneva: United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on Iran Unlikely
Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) are virtually certain not to vote on a resolution dealing with the human rights crisis in...
Iran’s Shameful Performance Stuns the UN Human Rights Council
Duplicitous, Insincere Response Warrants Strong Condemnation in the March Session (17 February 2010) As the review of Iran’s human rights record...
Analysts and human rights activists react to statements by Head of Iranian Human Rights Delegation at the UN
Moments after the Head of the Iranian Human Rights Delegation, Mohammad Javad Larijani, finished delivering his statements, Dr. Abdolkarim Lahiji,...