Open letters

Urgent Letter to OHCHR to Save Lives of Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani in Iran

London, 26 January 2025 – A group of 371 distinguished international experts and NGOs have sent an urgent letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, requesting his immediate intervention to prevent the execution of Iranian political prisoners Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani. Both men were forcibly transferred to Qezelhessar Prison, […]

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Statement by UN experts on Iran’s disinformation campaign against former UN Special Rapporteur

Click here to the profiles of the signatories London, 9 September 2024 – More than 50 distinguished United Nations experts and Nobel laureates published a statement on Monday, denouncing an Iranian disinformation campaign targeting former UN Special Rapporteur on Iran, Prof. Javaid Rehman. The following is the full text of the statement: The Iranian regime’s

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Stop executions in Iran

Joint Statement following 24 August 2024 conference on accountability for Iran’s atrocity crimes

Several of the distinguished participants of the 24 August 2024 international conference on accountability for Iran’s atrocity crimes released a joint statement following the event. The following is the text of their statement: Iran: Accountability for Atrocity Crimes 1988 to August 2024 It is an established fact that Iran’s current government has been and is

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Distinguished UN Leaders Demand Cancellation of Tribute to Former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: JVMI [email protected] Citing Grave Human Rights Abuses, 45 Officials Urge UN to Stand with Victims London – 29 May 2024 – A coalition of 45 distinguished current and former United Nations Ambassadors, Judges, experts, and officials have issued an urgent open letter addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and General Assembly

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Text of Open Letter to UN Secretary General – 29 May 2024

URGENT – OPEN LETTER H.E. António GuterresSecretary-General of the United Nations760 United Nations PlazaNew York, NY 10017 29 May 2024 Dear Secretary-General, As current and former United Nations Ambassadors, experts, and officials, we are deeply alarmed by the General Assembly’s planned tribute on 30 May 2024 to the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, who was

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77 UN Experts Urge Human Rights Council To Renew Mandates of Special Rapporteur on Iran and FFMI

London, 2 April 2024 – A group of 77 current and former United Nations special procedure mandate-holders and commissioners and experts of UN-mandated investigative bodies on Tuesday wrote to the President of the Human Rights Council and the Council’s Member and Observer States, supporting the renewal of the mandates of the UN Special Rapporteur on

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Global statement denouncing Ebrahim Raisi’s planned appearance at UN Geneva

Justice for the Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI) on Tuesday sent United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset a statement co-signed by 450 former world leaders, judges, Nobel laureates, former UN officials, human rights and legal experts and NGOs, denouncing Iranian President Ebrahim

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Open letter to the UN by 106 experts on Iran’s chairmanship of the Social Forum

OPEN LETTER H.E. Volker TürkOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)Palais des NationsCH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland URGENT – BY EMAIL Copies:Amb. Václav Bálek, President of the UN Human Rights CouncilPermanent Representatives of the Member States of the Human Rights Council 2 November 2023 Dear High Commissioner, RE: Statement to the United

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Council on Foreign Relations

180 experts urge Council on Foreign Relations to cancel Iran event with Raisi

JVMI is among 180 international human rights and legal experts and organisations, Nobel laureates and individuals of conscience that published an open letter on Monday calling on the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) to cancel its upcoming event with the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, who stands accused of crimes against humanity during the 1988

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110 NGOs, human rights experts write to Volker Türk to help prevent imminent execution in Iran

LONDON, 28 July 2023 – JVMI is among 110 international NGOs, current and former United Nations officials, human rights and legal experts, and Nobel laureates that have sent an urgent letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, requesting his urgent intervention to prevent the imminent execution of Mohammad Javad Vafa’i Thani,

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242 human rights experts call for firm position on Iran, including sanctions, to stop execution of protesters

More than 240 current and former United Nations officials, judges, human rights experts, Nobel laureates, and NGOs in an open letter on Wednesday called on world leaders to step up pressure on Iran to halt the execution of anti-government protesters, including by imposing sanctions on its officials for human rights abuses, expelling Iranian ambassadors and

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68 Belgian and international human rights and legal experts urge Belgium not to free Iran’s convicted diplomat Assadollah Assadi

Press Release Dozens of Belgian and international human rights and legal experts sent an open letter to Prime Minister Alexander De Croo today urging the government of Belgium not to free convicted Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for attempting to bomb an international summit. The open letter has been

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470 current and former UN officials and globally acclaimed jurists urge UN to immediately establish an investigation into Iran’s 1988 massacre which is believed to amount to ‘crimes against humanity’ and ‘genocide’

Iran’s current President Ebrahim Raisi and Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei singled out as key perpetrators of the 1988 massacre LINK to text of open letter LINK to profiles of signatories of the open letter Hundreds of international human rights and legal experts, including the former head of the International Criminal Court and more than

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150 ex-UN officials, experts urge OHCHR to launch Commission of Inquiry into Iran’s 1988 massacre

Click here to read the full text of the letter Click here to see the profiles of the open letter’s 152 signatories Press Release – 5 May 2021 More than 150 former United Nations officials and renowned international human rights and legal experts wrote to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday,

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