{"id":71720,"date":"2025-03-21T10:17:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=71720"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:17:26","slug":"un-conference-highlights-human-rights-violations-and-executions-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2025\/03\/un-conference-highlights-human-rights-violations-and-executions-in-iran\/71720\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Conference Highlights Human Rights Violations and Executions in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\" — UN European Headquarters Hosts Conference on Human Rights Violations and Executions in Iran \u2013 March 13, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
On March 13, 2025, during the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council, a conference was convened at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva to address Iran\u2019s worsening human rights situation, particularly the alarming rise in executions. The event brought together political figures, legal experts, former political prisoners, and relatives of executed individuals to discuss urgent actions needed to address these violations.<\/p>\n
**Key Discussions and Calls to Action<\/strong><\/p>\n**
Speakers at the conference underscored the critical need for the international community to adopt a firm stance against the Iranian regime, holding its leaders accountable for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and ongoing crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n
**Distinguished Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n**
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Kirsty Brimelow<\/strong>, former Chair of the Human Rights Committee of the Bar of England and Wales (2012\u20132018) and former President of the Criminal Bar Association of England and Wales (2022\u20132023).<\/li>\n
**Claude Nicati<\/strong>, former Deputy Attorney General of Switzerland (2001\u20132009) and former President of the Neuch\u00e2tel Canton (2010\u20132011).<\/li>\n**
**Senator Roberto Rampi<\/strong>, Italian legislator and human rights advocate.<\/li>\n**
**Behzad Naziri<\/strong>, former journalist and a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Foreign Affairs Committee.<\/li>\n**
**Sahar Sanaii<\/strong>, women\u2019s rights advocate.<\/li>\n**
**Behrooz Maqsoudi<\/strong>, relative of executed political prisoners.<\/li>\n**
Mojgan Joulaee<\/strong>, activist and event moderator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
**Insights from the Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n**
Opening Remarks:<\/em> Mojgan Joulaee set the tone by highlighting Iran\u2019s escalating execution rate and broader human rights abuses. She stressed the necessity of international scrutiny and coordinated efforts to seek justice for victims and their families.<\/p>\n
Kirsty Brimelow on the 1988 Massacre:<\/em> Brimelow described the massacre as a systematic campaign against civilians, leading to the execution of around 30,000 political prisoners. She cited UN reports confirming these extrajudicial killings and emphasized the lack of accountability for perpetrators, many of whom still hold high-ranking positions in Iran. She called for preserving evidence to facilitate future trials.<\/p>\n
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1988 executions in Iran.<\/p>\n
Part of my speech @UN_HRC<\/a> <\/p>\n
\u201cThe executions had already been decreed against those who did not renounce their political beliefs or hesitated in renouncing their beliefs.
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There was a crude and cruel questionnaire. The person did not know that their\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/oCoGso41te<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Kirsty Brimelow KC (@Kirsty_Brimelow) March 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n