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. .. . . .
