Iran

The GALE Right to Education Monitor still has to be done in Iran.
Interested to become a reporter? Contact info@lgbt-education.info.

Relevant Conventions

Convention against Discrimination in Education

not signed

signed

ratified

succession

Convention on Technical and Vocational Educationnot signed

signed

ratified

succession

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

not signed

signed

ratified

succession

Convention on the Rights of the Child

not signed

signed

ratified

succession

Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Womennot signed

signed

ratified

succession

Links to interesting articles

  1. "Homosexuality is a curable sickness, not a normal behavior" (March 2013)
  2. Ban Ki-moon's report on the situation of human rights in Iran (A/67/327) (UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon's report raises concerns over the persecution of LGBT people in Iran, including the death penalty for same-sex relations, October 2012)
  3. Iran shuts down the Internet: The how and why (Article by Scott Long, January 2012)
  4. HR Committee Concluding Observations on Iran (November 2011)
  5. Iran Submits to LGBT Report to UN Human Rights Committee Review for First Time in 18 Years (October 2011)
  6. IRQO Report on LGBT Human Rights Violations in Iran (September 2011)
  7. Submission to the Human Rights Committee for the 103rd session of the Human Rights Committee (September 2011)
  8. Discrimination and Violence Against Sexual Minorities (December 2010, Human Rights Watch press relase on report about discrimination and violence of LGBT people in Iran).
  9. The Global Gay Rights Battlefields (Article on the fearful lifes of LGBT people in Iran, by Max Strasser in foreignpolicy.com, December 2010).

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