Nasrin Sotoudeh is a lawyer who has never shied away from doing what’s right in Iran. In her long and impressive career, she has exposed the injustices of the death penalty and campaigned for children’s rights.
The Iranian authorities have flogged and secretly executed two boys under the age of 18, Amnesty International has learned, displaying an utter disdain for international law and the rights of children.
As has been widely reported, on the occasion of the 2019 International Women’s Day, French President Emmanuel Macron publicly invited imprisoned Iranian lawyer Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh to be part the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council, a body created by Canada last year at your recommendation.
Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws, and release those detained on this basis immediately and unconditionally, said Amnesty International today.
By concealing the fate and whereabouts of thousands of political dissidents who were forcibly disappeared and secretly executed in prison 30 years ago, Iranian authorities are continuing to commit crimes against humanity, said Amnesty International in a damning report published today.
The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 37/30 which renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The resolution requests that the Special Rapporteur submit a report on the implementation of the mandate to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session and to the Human Rights Council at its fortieth session. The resolution also calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to cooperate fully with the mandate holder, to permit access to visit the country, and to provide all information necessary to enable the fulfilment of the mandate.
