Misión Permanente de Costa Rica en Ginebra
55ª Sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos
Intervención conjunta – Joint Statement
Interactive Dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (HRC res. S-35/1).
15th of March, 2024
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Thank you, Mr President,
I am delivering this statement on behalf of a cross-regional group of 5 countries, its full version is available in the Extranet.
We thank the FFM for carrying out their work.
The FFM has recorded patterns of serious violations of human rights including the use of excessive and lethal force against protesters. The report also finds that violence against women and children was widespread throughout the security forces’ response to the protests.
The report concludes that some of these acts may amount to crimes against humanity, including the crime against humanity of gender persecution.
Mr President, the human rights situation in Iran has worsened. We remain deeply concerned about the rights of women and girls. If adopted, the "Bill to Support the Family by Promoting the Culture of Chastity and Hijab" will restrict women’s rights further; a breach of the mandatory hijab will carry punishment of up to ten years in prison in addition to flogging, crushing fines, travel restrictions and deprivation of online access.
We urge the Iranian authorities to take steps to eliminate this and all other forms of gender-based discrimination, end the cycle of violence, cease the suppression of protests and open civic space to allow for dissenting voices, and allow journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders to carry out their work freely.
Impunity cannot continue, calls for justice cannot remain unanswered, accountability must prevail.
Thank you.
List of co-sponsors (as of 14:30h 22 March 2024):
- Albania
- Andorra
- Australia
- Austria
- Argentina
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Chile
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Latvia
- Luxembourg
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Paraguay
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of Korea
- Romania
- San Marino
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay