Human Rights Organizations Support UN Special Rapporteur for Iran

Human Rights Organizations Support UN Special Rapporteur for Iran

March 17, 2019

In a letter published on March 15, more than 40 human rights organizations have supported the renewal of the mandate for the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Situation in Iran.

In the letter, a copy of which was published by the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), 42 organizations have called the members of the UN Human Rights Council (UHRC) to extend Javaid Rehman's assignment.

Rehman, a Pakistani-born British legal scholar and professor of Islamic law, was appointed to the position in July 2018 after former SR Asma Jahangir passed away in February 2018.

In his latest report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on February 27, Rehman raised his concern over human rights violations in Iran, paying particular attention to the way the death penalty is carried out.