Iran - UN Human Rights Committee Review

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http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/17/172305.html

AFP - 17 October 2011 - Iran came under fire at the U.N. Human Rights Committee over its lack of respect for women's rights as well as its failure to provide data on executions......

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS - IRAN

Full Text of Concluding Observations: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/CCPR.C.IRN.CO.3.doc

Excerpt:

9. The UN Human Rights Committee is concerned about the continuing inequality of women with regard to marriage, family and inheritance matters (articles 2, 26).

The State party should amend the Civil Code and further amend the draft Family Protection Act, to (a) abolish the requirement of a father’s or paternal grandfather’s approval to legalize a marriage; (b) grant women the equal power to divorce; (c) ensure equal custody rights to the mother, including after a child reaches the age of 7 or if she remarries; (d) accord guardianship over a child to the mother in the case of the father’s death; (e) grant women the same inheritance rights as men; (f) remove the legal obligation for a woman to be obedient to her husband; (g) remove the requirement of a husband’s approval when a woman intends to leave the country; (h) prohibit polygamy; and (i) remove the power of a man to prohibit his wife from entering employment. The State party should also adopt legislation giving Iranian women the right to transmit their nationality to their children.

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