UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed shared some thoughts on World Day Against the Death Penalty, and the ongoing executions in Iran under the mullahs:
Today is the 13th annual World Day Against the Death Penalty. This year the international community is paying greater attention to the application of the death penalty for drug-related crimes. ...
I share the sentiments recently expressed by my fellow colleagues, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execution and the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment and punishment, in a joint statement which called on all states to put an end to the use of the death penalty for drug-related crimes. ...
In March 20 15 I presented the findings of my latest report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN Human Rights Council. I noted, with extreme concern, that the Islamic Republic of Iran retains the death penalty for drug-related crimes. Iran’s Anti-Narcotics law, which was amended in 2010, mandates a death sentence for 17 offenses and establishes a minimum threshold for possession of certain drugs above which the death penalty automatically applies.
In 2014 Iran reportedly executed 753 individuals, the highest rate in 10 years.
Just last month, the United Nations Secretary General raised concerns about the increased number of executions in the country and called on the Iranian government to “introduce a moratorium on the use of the death penalty”. Human rights groups continue to report an alarming number of executions in 2015, many of which are allegedly for drug-related crimes, and have raised serious questions regarding fair trial concerns in death penalty cases.
Lastly, I renew my call to the Islamic Republic of Iran to do its utmost to protect the right to life by establishing a moratorium on the death penalty with the intent of abolishing it altogether.
I share the sentiments recently expressed by my fellow colleagues, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execution and the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment and punishment, in a joint statement which called on all states to put an end to the use of the death penalty for drug-related crimes. ...
In March 20 15 I presented the findings of my latest report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN Human Rights Council. I noted, with extreme concern, that the Islamic Republic of Iran retains the death penalty for drug-related crimes. Iran’s Anti-Narcotics law, which was amended in 2010, mandates a death sentence for 17 offenses and establishes a minimum threshold for possession of certain drugs above which the death penalty automatically applies.
In 2014 Iran reportedly executed 753 individuals, the highest rate in 10 years.
Just last month, the United Nations Secretary General raised concerns about the increased number of executions in the country and called on the Iranian government to “introduce a moratorium on the use of the death penalty”. Human rights groups continue to report an alarming number of executions in 2015, many of which are allegedly for drug-related crimes, and have raised serious questions regarding fair trial concerns in death penalty cases.
Lastly, I renew my call to the Islamic Republic of Iran to do its utmost to protect the right to life by establishing a moratorium on the death penalty with the intent of abolishing it altogether.
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