UNHRC Continues Examination of Report on Iran

          
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          UNIES UNITED NATIONS
          SER V/CE .DE LINFORMA 7/ON - OFFICE DES NATiONS UNJES A GENEVE
          INFORMA 7/ON SER VICE - UN/TED NA TIONS OFF/CE A T. GENEVA
          Anglais seulernent
          Press Release HR/1221
          15 July 1982
          HU 1AN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF IRAN
          The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued consideration of the
          report. of•ilran, hearing further cpmments and questions by the members intended
          to .DF i'n';'cLarificati0fl on what Iran has done to ensure espec •for rights
          guarant”ee d: for the individual under the International Covenant on Civil and
          Politi'c al.”RightS. . , . . .
          The Committee began consideration of this report this morning (see Press
          Release HR/1220 of today).
          Walter TARNOPOLSKY (Canada), first speaker this afternoon, said he too
          aporeciated ‘tIi d'jffi.culties Iran had gone through, and welcomed the statement
          by the Iranian representative that his country would, submit a more detailed
          report later.
          . In his questions,' he ‘asK d whether it was p ssib1e to provide in Iran's
          more detailed report some information on the rLght to self—determination of
          minorities in'I'ran. What constitutional provisions were made to .g iar.antee
          respect for .the rights of the minorities? .. .. . .. ,
          On discrimination, he asked whether women had equal rights with men?
          Specifically, did women have the same.civil and political rights? Were there
          women judges? Were there women in the legal professions, in the police
          forces? ‘ Were there any restrictions ‘on the w y. women dressed? and were they
          free to participate in the public life of the country? : ‘
          It would appear that the Baha'i community had no standing. in the ‘
          Constitution or law of Iran. If this were so, it would be incontradiCtiOrl to
          Article: .16 ‘of the Covenant which provided that everyone had the right to. be
          recognized as a person before the law. The Baha'i community consisted of some
          300,000 people, and further information on their plight would be appreciated.
          On the special tribunals, he asked what was the relationshiP between these
          courts and the revolutionary guards? What exactly did they deal with? What
          was their relationship with the ordinary police and ordinary courts of justice?
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