Date March 20, 2024 To the Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, We, the undersigned human rights organizations, wish to draw your attention to the concerning human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. As signatories to this letter, we respectfully urge you to support the renewal …
Monthly Archives: March 2024
March, 2024
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20 March
Report on the Side-Event: Human Rights in Iran – March 18, 2024
On March 18, 2024, as part of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, a Side-Event on human rights in Iran was held in Room XXV of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This initiative was organized by the Zagros Human Rights Center, an NGO with consultative status with …
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17 March
Oral Statement from Zagros Center for Item 3 at the HRC, March 15, 2024
55th session of the Human Rights Council (February 26 to April 5, 2024) Oral statement from the Zagros Center for Human Rights Item 3: General debate on the promotion and protection of all human, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development March 14, 2024 Ladies …
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17 March
36th Commemoration of the Chemical Bombing of Halabja
Today marks the somber anniversary of the massacre of Halabja, an unimaginable act of barbarity perpetrated against the civilian population of the Kurdish town of Halabja, in the province of As-Sulaymaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan, from March 16th to 19th, 1988. Nearly 5,000 Kurds were cruelly killed in chemical attacks ordered by …
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8 March
Declaration of the Zagros Center for International Women’s Day 2024
On this International Women’s Day, the Zagros Center joins in celebrating the courage and resilience of women worldwide. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has chosen the theme “Investing in the Mobilizing Role and Participation of Women and Girls for Peace” to mark this …