High Council for Human Rights
.jpg) Logo of the Council featuring Qur'an verse and cuneiform script from Cyrus Cylinder | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Tehran |
| Motto | Arabic: وَلَقَدْ کَرَّمْنَا بَنِی آدَمَ "And indeed We have honoured the Children of Adam" [Quran 17:70] |
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| Parent agency | Judicial Power of Iran |
| Website | humanrights |
High Council for Human Rights (Persian: ستاد حقوق بشر, Sitad-e Heqâvâq-e Beshir) is the governmental national human rights institution of Iran, subdivision to the Judiciary of Iran.[1]
Positions
[edit]The council rejects and condemns appointment of Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran by United Nations[2] and strongly opposes the western countries' positions about current human rights situation in Iran. It also assumes the “true face” of human rights should be sought through Islam.[3]
The council has challenged laws against Holocaust denial, spread of Islamophobia, forced unveiling in schools, specifically in France as being against human rights.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Is Iran judiciary open to negotiating on human rights?". Al-Monitor. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Official Calls Appointment of UN Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran "Unjustified"". Tasnim News Agency. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Islam can present 'true face' of human rights: Iran". Tehran Times. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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