November 2, 2005

Draft Resolution on the Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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The Canadian delegation, which was the main sponsor of the Iran resolution, was so afraid to lose a procedural motion to take no action in the General Assembly's Third Committee that it failed to incorporate the creation of a UN special rapporteur on human rights abuse by Iran. That position was eliminated by the UN Commission on Human Rights in 2002. The resolution expressed "serious concern" about Iran's "continuing use of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment such as flogging and amputations." The teeth? It "calls upon" Iran to please "uphold the moratorium on executions by stoning."