Date March 20, 2024 To the Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, We, the undersigned human rights organizations, wish to draw your attention to the concerning human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. As signatories to this letter, we respectfully urge you to support the renewal …
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Report on the Side-Event: Human Rights in Iran – March 18, 2024
On March 18, 2024, as part of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, a Side-Event on human rights in Iran was held in Room XXV of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This initiative was organized by the Zagros Human Rights Center, an NGO with consultative status with …
Read More »Oral Statement from Zagros Center for Item 3 at the HRC, March 15, 2024
55th session of the Human Rights Council (February 26 to April 5, 2024) Oral statement from the Zagros Center for Human Rights Item 3: General debate on the promotion and protection of all human, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development March 14, 2024 Ladies …
Read More »36th Commemoration of the Chemical Bombing of Halabja
Today marks the somber anniversary of the massacre of Halabja, an unimaginable act of barbarity perpetrated against the civilian population of the Kurdish town of Halabja, in the province of As-Sulaymaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan, from March 16th to 19th, 1988. Nearly 5,000 Kurds were cruelly killed in chemical attacks ordered by …
Read More »Declaration of the Zagros Center for International Women’s Day 2024
On this International Women’s Day, the Zagros Center joins in celebrating the courage and resilience of women worldwide. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has chosen the theme “Investing in the Mobilizing Role and Participation of Women and Girls for Peace” to mark this …
Read More »Statement of six human rights organizations on the occasion of International Mother Language Day
Education in the mother tongue is a fundamental right for all human beings! Linguistic diversity is an essential element of the cultural identity and spiritual heritage of humanity. Unfortunately, in many countries, including Iran, this diversity is threatened, and the fundamental rights of minorities, including the rights of the Kurdish …
Read More »The Human Rights Situation in the Northern Regions of Syria and Rojava
The regions of northern and eastern Syria, characterized by their ethnic and religious diversity, are currently witnessing a destructive military escalation by Turkey. This escalation has devastating consequences, deliberately targeting vital infrastructure, oil and energy sources, as well as crucial facilities for the survival of the civilian population. Among the …
Read More »The Negative Effects of the Treaty of Lausanne on Human Rights and Minorities
Human Rights Council Fifty-fifth session 26 February–5 April 2024 Agenda item 8 Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Written statement* submitted by Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status The Treaty of Lausanne(1), signed on July 24, …
Read More »The situation of the Kurds in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Human Rights Council Fifty-fifth session 26 February–5 April 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Written statement* submitted by Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status …
Read More »Imminent Execution of Four Kurdish Political Prisoners in Iran: An Urgent Appeal to the International Community
The families of Pejman Fatehi, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, and Vafa Azarbar, four Kurdish political prisoners in Iran, were summoned to Evin Prison on Saturday, January 27, 2024, a step that tragically indicates the possibility of an imminent execution. These men, accused and sentenced to death under highly questionable and …
Read More »Human rights organizations; Issuing the death sentence against four Kurdish political prisoners is strongly condemned and contradicts all the fundamentals of human rights
Human rights organizations; Issuing the death sentence against four Kurdish political prisoners is strongly condemned and contradicts all the fundamentals of human rights With the death sentence of four Kurdish political prisoners named Pejman Fatehi, Wafa Azarbar, Mohsen Mazloum and Mohammad (Hajir) Faramarzi and the referral of the case to …
Read More »Commemoration of the Assassination of Jina-Mahsa Amini and Call for Solidarity with the Iranian People
The Zagros Human Rights Center today joins the Iranian people and the international community to commemorate the first anniversary of the assassination of Jina-Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish victim of police oppression in Iran. On September 16, 2022, his life was tragically cut short by the Iranian government’s moral police …
Read More »Press Release: Brutal Attack by Albanian Police on Camp Ashraf-3
June 21, 2023 The brutal attack by the Albanian police on Camp Ashraf-3 raises serious concerns regarding the respect for fundamental human rights and international treaties. On June 20, 2023, a force consisting of approximately 1000 Albanian police officers conducted an unexpected raid on Camp Ashraf-3, resulting in extensive destruction …
Read More »Press Release on the Assassination of Yusra Derviş, Co-Chair of Qamichli Canton in Syrian Kurdistan, and Attacks on Civilians in Northern Syria
June 21, 2023 Yesterday, on June 20, 2023, Yusra Derviş, Co-Chair of Qamichli Canton in Syrian Kurdistan, in the de facto autonomous region of Rojava, was tragically assassinated in an attack carried out by Turkish aircraft. We express our deep shock and indignation at this assassination and the attacks perpetrated …
Read More »Side-Event : Human Rights in Iran and the Effectiveness of United Nations Instruments and Mechanisms
Within the framework of the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council, we will organize a panel on the human rights situation in Iran. Title : Human Rights in Iran and the Effectiveness of United Nations Instruments and Mechanisms. #53rd_session_of_the_Human_Rights_Council #humanrights #iran
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