Formed 2005 Parent agency Judicial Power of Iran | Headquarters Tehran Website en.humanrights-iran.ir | |
Motto Arabic: وَلَقَدْ کَرَّمْنَا بَنِی آدَمَ "And indeed We have honoured the Children of Adam" Agency executives Chief Justice, Sadeq Larijani
Secretary, Javad Larijani | ||
High Council for Human rights (Persian: ستاد حقوق بشر) is the governmental national human rights institution of Iran, subdivison to the Judiciary of Iran.
Positions
The council rejects and condemns appointment of Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran by United Nations 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.
The council has challenged laws against Holocaust denial, spread of Islamophobia, forced unveiling in schools, specifically in France as being against human rights.
References
High Council for Human rights Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA