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UN Third Committee Approved Resolution on Iran

2024.11.21, 12:24
UN Third Committee Approved Resolution on Iran

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) approved five draft resolutions addressing the human rights situations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Myanmar, Iran, Syria and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, and forwarded them to the General Assembly for adoption.

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This was reported by the "Meetings Coverage and Press Releases of the United Nations".

The draft resolution, “Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran” (document A/C.3/79/L.41), approved by a recorded vote of 77 in favour to 28 against, with 66 abstentions, would have the Assembly condemn the alarming increase in the application of the death penalty by Iran, in violation of its international obligations, including on the basis of forced confessions, and without fair trial and due process. The 193-member organ would also express concern over Iran’s continued imposition of the death penalty against minors and urge the country to cease the widespread and systematic use of arbitrary arrests and detention. 

“The respect for human rights has deteriorated in Iran,” including through the increasing application of the death penalty for other than most serious crimes, said Canada’s delegate who introduced the draft. In “blatant disregard for human life,” Tehran uses the death penalty against people exercising their right to freedom of expression, opinion and peaceful assembly. Moreover, ethnic minorities and women are increasingly being handed down the death penalty, he cautioned, asserting: “This can no longer continue”. Amid systemic impunity in Iran, this draft reaffirms the UN human rights mechanism's integral role in improving that country’s human rights record. 

Iran’s representative rejected “the unjust and politically motivated resolution,” citing its selective, biased and hypocritical nature. She pointed to Canada’s human rights record, including “the slaughter of innocent Iranian children and women” and said its genocide, committed against Indigenous children, is staggering hypocrisy.

Many delegates echoed the draft’s concern over the dire human rights situation in Iran and highlighted the use of harassment and intimidation to silence human rights defenders who call out Tehran’s violations. Accordingly, they called on Tehran to grant access to the Special Rapporteur and the Fact-Finding Mission to provide transparency and facilitate accountability. 

 

 

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