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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 ) 13P0003 81 1
COMPOSITE . / FACSIMILE . E 1 CN.4,SR.1633 page 5 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. .. . . .