A set of committees, working groups, processes, and UN bodies contribute to safeguarding the promotion of respect for human rights.
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is an intergovernmental body established by the General Assembly in March 2006 to address human rights concerns and to make recommendations to the General Assembly. The HRC is comprised of 47-member states that are elected by the UN General Assembly. Members of the Council are elected by the General Assembly to three year terms. The Human Rights Council uses several tools to perform its work. Its primary instruments are the Special Procedures, Universal Periodic Review, and the UN Treaty Bodies.
The Special Procedures are a set of mandates that are established and authorized by the Human Rights Council to monitor, investigate, and report on 37 human rights themes globally, and on the human rights situations in 8 countries. Mandates are established by majority vote of the HRC Member States and they appoint individuals,or groups of individuals (also known as working groups) to manage the mandates. These individuals are called Special Representatives or Rapporteurs. Special Procedures usually receive allegations of human rights violations from individuals and/or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are investigated and analyzed by appointees.
The UN Human Rights Council also monitors human rights in all Members of the United Nations through a process known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR is a process that allows for the review of the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States . The UPR is a State-driven process, where States are required to submit a self-assessment of its human rights record to the Human Rights Council.
The implementation of human rights treaties is monitored through committees called the Treaty Bodies. Each treaty has its own committee that is assigned to ensure that parties to conventions protect and promote human rights guaranteed in the conventions every five years.
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination monitors the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The Iranian government last submitted its report on its implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (August 2010). Click for the latest review by the Committee on the Elimination ...
Human Rights Committee monitors the International Covenant on Civil And Political Rights (ICCPR). The Islamic Republic of Iran was last reviewed by the Human Rights Committee for its adherence to the ICCPR in October 2011Click for the latest review by the Human Rights Committee Visit the Human Right Committee ...
Committee on the Rights of the Child monitors the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The government submitted its report on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in March 2005. Click for the latest review by the Committee on the Rights of the ...
The Human Rights Council established the mandate for a Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran with resolution A/HRC/RES/16/9 in March 2011. Human Rights Council, 16th Session April 8th, 2011 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*, 16/9 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran ...
The Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) submitted its report for the seventh UPR session on 25 November 2009 containing information compiled from the reports of treaty bodies, special procedures, including observations and comments by the State concerned, and other relevant official United Nations documents. Download ...
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights the committee of experts monitoring the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.The Iranian government submited its lastest report on its implementation of the Convention on Economic, Social, Cultural Rights in June 1993. Click for the latest review by the Committee on ...
