On July 5, 2024, during the 56th session of the Human Rights Council, a side event on human rights in Syria was held in Room XXV at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This initiative was organized by the Zagros Center for Human Rights in collaboration with Maloca International. The …
Read More »Oral Statement by Zagros Human Rights Center -Item5- March21, 2014
55th session of the Human Rights Council (February 26 to April 5, 2024) Oral statement by the Zagros Human Rights Center By : Mrs. Anja Elisabeth OKSALAMPI Agenda Item 5: General debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms. March 21, 2024 Ladies and Gentlemen, The Kurdish, Baloch, Turko-Azari, Arab minorities, …
Read More »Subject: Renewal of Mandates for the Special Rapporteur and the Independent Fact-Finding Mission for Iran
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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Side-Event : Human Rights in Iran and the Effectiveness of United Nations Instruments and Mechanisms
Within the framework of the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council, we will organize a panel on the human rights situation in Iran. Title : Human Rights in Iran and the Effectiveness of United Nations Instruments and Mechanisms. #53rd_session_of_the_Human_Rights_Council #humanrights #iran
Read More »Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman Human Rights Council Fifty second session 27 February–31 March 2023 PDF
Read More »224 organizations and 65 personalities have issued an urgent appeal to the international community to stop the Iranian regime’s brutal violence against peaceful demonstrators.
Text of the call : Urgent joint appeal to the international community: Stop Iranian regime’s brutal oppression of peaceful protesters October 18, 2022 We, the undersigned representatives of World Civil society, human rights activists, and intellectuals, from across the world, strongly urge all governments, as well as …
Read More »Civil society participation at the UN Human Rights Council cannot be an afterthought
We have consistently raised our concerns that the special emergency measures and ongoing budget constraints adopted by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in 2019 and 2020, coupled with measures adopted to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, have heavily restricted civil society participation at the HRC. Given that civic space …
Read More »Call to place Afrin under International Protection
“45 Syrian and international organizations call on bringing an end to the suffering of residents in Afrin, ending daily human rights violations and facilitating a safe return of the forcibly displaced population. We also call for the formation of a civilian council consisting of the local population of Afrin”. On …
Read More »Report of the United Nations Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
United Nations A/HRC/43/20 General Assembly Distr.: General 17 January 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-third session 24 February–20 March 2020 Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Situation of human …
Read More »Oral Statement of Centre Zagros, 12th session of the Forum on minority issues in Geneva, Item 3
Oral Statement of Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme (Zagros Human Rights Center), Mr. Baban ELIASSI 12th session of the Forum on minority issues in Geneva, 28 November 2019 Item 3: Public policy objectives for education in, and the teaching of, minority languages Madam Chair, Iran is one of …
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