A History of United Nations Special Representatives and Rapporteurs in Iran
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Name of UN Representative: | Mandates/ Concerns/ Findings/Visits: | Significant Reports/Relevant Information: |
Olof Palme
Special Representative to Iran (and Iraq)
November 1979-1982 | Mandate to:
Human rights concerns, with regard to findings of visits, include:
Mr. Palme visited Iran five times between 1980 and 1982. | Report on human rights protected by the Iranian Constitution: Report on human rights violations committed against the Baha’is in Iran: |
Andrés Aguilar
Special Representative to Iran
1984-1986 | Mandate to:
Human rights concerns include:
The government of Iran did not respond to Mr. Aguilar’s repeated attempts to contact it. | Preliminary report on the human rights “situation” in Iran in 1985: |
Reynaldo Galindo Pohl
Special Representative to Iran
1986-1995 | Mandate to:
Human rights concerns, with regard to findings of visits, include:
Mr. Pohl visited Iran three times between 1990 and 1992. After his third visit, he was barred from visiting Iran. | Reports on the Human Rights “situation” in Iran from 1986-1995:
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Amos Wako
Special Rapporteur on Summary or Arbitrary Executions
1982-1992 | Mandate to:
Human rights concerns include:
Mr. Wako did not visit Iran. | Universal Finding Reports (specifically highlighting Iran): |
Abdelfattah Amor
Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance
1993-2004
| Mandate to:
Human rights concerns, with regard to findings of visit, include:
Mr. Amor visited Iran in 1995 to conduct his investigation. | Report on the 1995 visit to Iran: Universal Finding Reports (including Iran): |
Maurice Copithorne
Special Representative to Iran
1995-2002 | Mandate to:
Human rights concerns, with regard to findings of visit, include:
Mr. Copithorne visited Iran in 1996 to observe the human rights “situation.” | Reports on the Human Rights “situation” in Iran from 1995-2002:
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Kamal Hossain
Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan
1998-2003 | Mr. Kamal’s human rights findings were directly related to Afghanistan and Pakistan, with only limited focus on Iran. Mr. Kamal visited Iran five times between 1998 and 2002 (preceding mandated visits to Pakistan and Afghanistan to observe the human rights situation in Afghanistan).
| Report on the 2001 and 2002 visits to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran: |
Louis Joinet Chairman-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 1991-1997; 2001-2003 | Mandate to:
Human rights concerns, with regard to findings of visit, include:
Mr. Joinet visited Iran in 2003, with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, at the invitation of the government of Iran. | Report on the 2003 visit to Iran: |
Ambeyi Ligabo
Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion
2003-2008 | Mandate to:
Human rights concerns, with regard to findings of visit, include:
Mr. Ligabo visited Iran in 2003 at the invitation of the government of Iran. | Report on the 2003 visit to Iran: |
Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro
Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
1999-2005 | Mandate to:
Human rights concerns, with regard to findings of visit, include:
Ms. Pizarro visited Iran in 2004 at the invitation of the government of Iran. | Report on the 2004 visit to Iran: |
Yakin Ertürk
Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
2003-2009 | Mandate to:
Human rights concerns, with regard to findings of visit, include:
Ms. Erturk visited Iran in 2005 at the invitation of the government of Iran. | Report on the 2005 mission to Iran: |
Miloon Kothari
Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing
2000-2008 | Mandate to:
Human rights concerns, with regard to findings of visit, include:
Mr. Kothari visited Iran in 2005 at the invitation of the government of Iran. | Report on the 2005 mission to Iran: |
Philip Alston
Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions
2004-2010 | Mandate to:
Human rights concerns include:
Mr. Alston has been barred from visiting Iran by the Iranian government. | Universal Findings Report (including Iran): |
Ahmed Shaheed
Special Rapporteur/Representative on Human Rights in Iran
2011 | Mandate to:
| 14 March 2011– Interim report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Iran: |