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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 …

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 …

The regions of northern and eastern Syria, characterized by their ethnic and religious diversity, are currently witnessing a destructive military escalation by Turkey. This escalation has devastating consequences, deliberately targeting vital infrastructure, oil and energy sources, as well as crucial facilities for the survival of the civilian population. Among the …

Human Rights Council Fifty-fifth session 26 February–5 April 2024 Agenda item 8 Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action   Written statement* submitted by Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status The Treaty of Lausanne(1), signed on July 24, …

Human Rights Council Fifty-fifth session 26 February–5 April 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development   Written statement* submitted by Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status …

The families of Pejman Fatehi, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, and Vafa Azarbar, four Kurdish political prisoners in Iran, were summoned to Evin Prison on Saturday, January 27, 2024, a step that tragically indicates the possibility of an imminent execution. These men, accused and sentenced to death under highly questionable and …

June 21, 2023 The brutal attack by the Albanian police on Camp Ashraf-3 raises serious concerns regarding the respect for fundamental human rights and international treaties. On June 20, 2023, a force consisting of approximately 1000 Albanian police officers conducted an unexpected raid on Camp Ashraf-3, resulting in extensive destruction …

June 21, 2023 Yesterday, on June 20, 2023, Yusra Derviş, Co-Chair of Qamichli Canton in Syrian Kurdistan, in the de facto autonomous region of Rojava, was tragically assassinated in an attack carried out by Turkish aircraft. We express our deep shock and indignation at this assassination and the attacks perpetrated …

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

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 …

On Tuesday, September 13, 2022, Mrs. Mahsa (Jina) Amini was arrested in one of the streets of Tehran by the police unit in charge of enforcing the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code for women. Mahsa Amini from Saqqez had traveled to Tehran, the capital of Iran, with her mother and …

  Mass protests against price liberalization and the government’s indifference to the living conditions of the country’s people, which began in recent days in several cities of Khuzestan province, have spread to several other Iranian provinces. Demonstrators are protesting against rising food prices and demanding the resignation of Iran’s religious …