A concurrent resolution condemning the repression of the Iranian Baha'i community and calling for the emancipation of Iranian Baha'is.

Bill: 108-sconres-78
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2003-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Capital punishment
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
College teachers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Diplomats
Education
Equality before the law
Europe
European Union
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Human rights
International agencies
International cooperation
Iran
Iranians
Middle East and North Africa
Minorities
Nuclear weapons
Political persecution
President and foreign policy
Religion
Religious liberty
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
State-sponsored terrorism
Students
Terrorism
Treaties
United Nations
United Nations officials
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: 
Condemns the repressive anti-Bahai policies and actions of the Government of Iran.
 
Urges the Government of Iran to permit: (1) Bahai students to attend, and Bahai faculty to teach at, Iranian universities; and (2) the Bahai Open University to continue to function.
 
Urges the Government of Iran to implement fully the recommendations by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on the emancipation of the Iranian Bahai community.
 
Calls upon the President to continue to assert the concerns of the U.S. Government regarding Iran's treatment of the Bahai community, its support of international terrorism, and its efforts to develop nuclear weapons and acquire weapons of mass destruction.
 
Urges the European Union to use its relationship with Iran to address and advance fundamental human rights issues. 
 
 
 

action_date: 2004-12-07
text: 
States that Congress continues to hold the Government of Iran responsible for upholding all the rights of its nationals, including members of the Bahai community, consistent with Iran's obligations under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.
 
 Condemns the repressive anti-Bahai policies and actions of the Government of Iran, and expresses concern that individual Bahais continue to suffer from severely repressive and discriminatory government actions. 
 
Urges the Government of Iran to permit: (1) Bahai students to attend, and Bahai faculty to teach at, Iranian universities; and (2) the Bahai Open University to continue to function. 
 
Urges the Government of Iran to implement fully the recommendations by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on the emancipation of the Iranian Bahai community.
 
 Urges the Government of Iran to extend to the Bahai community the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international covenants of human rights, including the freedoms of thought, conscience, and religion, and equal protection of the law. 
 
Calls upon the President to continue to: (1) assert U.S. concerns regarding Iran's human rights practices, including its treatment of the Bahai community; (2) emphasize the importance of human rights practices in the development of U.S.-Iranian relations; and (3) cooperate with international organizations to protect religious minority rights in Iran.
 
Urges the European Union to use its relationship with Iran to address and advance fundamental human rights issues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S11873-11874)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S11873-11874)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11873-11874)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11873-11874)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11873-11874)
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/31/2003 S13680)
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/31/2003 S13680-13681)
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate