High Council for Human Rights

High Council for Human Rights (Persian: ستاد حقوق بشر, Sitad-e Heqâvâq-e Beshir) is the governmental national human rights institution of Iran, subdivision to the Judiciary of Iran.[1]

High Council for Human Rights of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
Logo of the Council featuring Qur'an verse and cuneiform script from Cyrus Cylinder
Agency overview
Formed2005
HeadquartersTehran
MottoArabic: وَلَقَدْ کَرَّمْنَا بَنِی آدَمَ "And indeed We have honoured the Children of Adam" [Quran 17:70]
Agency executives
Parent agencyJudicial Power of Iran
Websiteen.humanrights-iran.ir

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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