HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
The Human Rights Council on Monday held a
general debate on the Universal Periodic Review.
In the general
debate, speakers underlined that the Universal Periodic Review should be
conducted in an objective, non-biased, constructive, non-confrontational and
non-politicized manner. They all stressed that the implementation of
recommendations was the key challenge of the Universal Periodic Review process,
noting that some sort of monitoring for the implementation should be set up at
the national level.
In a speech on the
abuse of women’s rights in Iran, Non-governmental Organization Sudwind Entwicklungspolitik
drew attention to the problem of torture and abuse and harassment of women by
the regime in Iran and its failure to ratify the Convention against
Torture.
It said around 1.77
per cent of women worldwide live in countries that had not signed or ratified
the Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
whereas more than 61 per cent of that population live just in Iran.
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