Women's rights NGO calls on UN Special Rapporteur Fabian Salvioli to probe Iran's 1988 massacre
Channel: Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran
Date: 19/09/2018

During the United Nations Human Rights Council's 39th session, an NGO promoting women's rights urged the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth Fabian Salvioli to investigate Iran's 1988 massacre of thousands of political prisoners.


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Clustered ID (Cont'd): SR on Truth & Justice and Special Adviser on Genocide - 12th Meeting, 39th Regular Session Human Rights Council
14 Sep 2018 -  CONTINUED - Clustered interactive dialogue with:
- Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
A/HRC/39/53
- Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide 

Item:3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development - 11th Plenary Meeting 
39th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council. 

SPEAKER: 

Women's Human Rights International Association (WHRIA), Ms. Milica Javdan

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Text of remarks:

Thank you Mr. President.

30 years after the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran, it’s time for the world to sooth the wound of a nation in pain and bring to justice the perpetrators of that crime against humanity. Many still hold senior positions in the Iranian judiciary or government. They include the current Justice Minister of Iran.

To date, no Iranian officials has been prosecuted for their role in the massacre. Worse still the Iranian authorities have attempted over the years to wipe the evidence of this atrocity by destroying the mass graves where victims were buried.

For 30 years, the Iranian authorities have tried to cover up the truth about the massacre. Relatives of victims who publicly seek justice face harassment, including prison and torture. The people of Iran, particularly the relatives of the victims, look to the United Nations to carry out an independent inquiry into the massacre.

We appeal to the UN Human Rights Council to end the 30-year impunity enjoyed by Iranian officials over the 1988 massacre.

We believe that until the full truth is unveiled and the perpetrators are held into account for their crimes, there will be no incentives for the government of Iran to change its policy on human rights.

We therefore call on the UN Human Rights council to set up a commission of inquiry into the 1988 massacre and to bring justice for the victims of that crime against humanity.

We urge the incoming UN High commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Michelle Bachelet, to support the launch of an independent fact-finding mission into the 1988 massacre.

Furthermore, we appeal the new special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman, and the special rapporteur on the promotion of truth, Fabian Salvioli, to investigate Iran’s 1988 massacre as part of their respective mandates.