High Council for Human rights

High Council for Human rights of Islamic Republic of Iran

Logo of the Council featuring Qur'an verse and cuneiform script from Cyrus Cylinder
Agency overview
Formed 2005
Headquarters Tehran
Motto Arabic: وَلَقَدْ کَرَّمْنَا بَنِی آدَمَ "And indeed We have honoured the Children of Adam" [Quran 17:70]
Agency executives
Parent agency Judicial Power of Iran
Website en.humanrights-iran.ir

High Council for Human rights (Persian: ستاد حقوق بشر) is the governmental national human rights institution of Iran, subdivison to the Judiciary of Iran.[1]

Positions

The council rejects and condemns appointment of Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran by United Nations[2] and strongly opposes the western countries' positions about current human rights situation in Iran. It also assumes the “true face” of human rights should be sought through Islam.[3]

The council has challenged laws against Holocaust denial, spread of Islamophobia, forced unveiling in schools, specifically in France as being against human rights.[1]

See also

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