In his interim report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran presented 21 March 2012, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon regretted the country’s continued lack of cooperation with UN mechanisms, especially with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran.
The report notes that the Secretary General “regrets… that despite requests for a country visit, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran has not yet been admitted to the country. The Secretary-General encourages the Government to fully cooperate in the fulfillment of the Special Rapporteur’s mandate by inviting him to the country.”
“The Secretary General is concerned about the low rate of reply to the large number of communications sent by the Special Procedures alleging very serious human rights violations, and renews his call upon the government to strengthen collaboration with the international human rights mechanisms,” added UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang in her presentation of the report to the Human Rights Council.
