UN — Economic and Social Council — Commission on Human Rights — 37th Session — Summary Record of the 1633rd Meeting

          
          UNITED NATIONS
          ECONOMIC.
          AND.
          SOCIAL COUNCIL
          Distr.
          GEI'IERAL
          E/CN.4/ SR.1633
          16 March 1981
          Original: ENGLISH
          COI fl 1tSSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
          Thirty—seventh se sibn
          SUi' ARY PECORD OF TI 1633rd ETING
          hold, at the Palais des Nations, Geneva,
          on Monday, 9 March 1981, at 8 p.m.
          Chairman :
          lir. CALERU, RODRIGUEZ
          CONTENTS
          (Brazil)
          Question of
          world, with
          territories
          the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the
          particular refer?nce to colonial and other dependent countries and
          ( continued )
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          15. AFSAR Ob erver fox *n); . 1y n.g to references r ade earlier in the
          discussion to thesituation of the Baha'is in Iran, said he wished to correct
          the statement that there were more than 300,000 Baha'is inIran: in fact, their
          number as much less. As he had. previously seated, the rights of religious
          minorities in Iran iere enshrined in the C ti' utic; which not only reco iized
          their freedom to practice and teach their religion as they pleased but also
          imposed n. Iranian 1”kisllms th& duty of tolerance towards non—Muslims and respect
          for their human rights. .
          16. Min rities•in Iran possessed the same rights as the majority, provided that
          they respected the interests of the country. . At the l63lst meeting, the Observer
          for theBaha'j International Community had alleged that Daha'is were subject to
          arbitrary arrest, summary executions and abductions. The Iranian delegation
          categorically denied those allegations. .
          17. As his delegation ba already stated, no one in Iran was subjected to
          discrimination o.n account. of his opinions or social origin. Detentions could only
          take place by order of the legally constituted courts, which were based on Islamic
          principles of inerpy. .. . . .