Iran
NCRI
Human rights
United Nation
The Vice-President of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council has said that a commission of enquiry into the 1988 massacre in Iran needs to be set up. Jean Ziegler said that a special tribunal needs to be established so that Iran’s impunity with regards to this crime against humanity is put to an end. His comments came during a civil society hearing in Geneva on 1st February in Geneva.
Witnesses and experts spoke at the hearing and presented testimonies, statements and advice. They said that it is up to the United Nations to intervene and take action so that Iran’s impunity does not continue any longer. As well as Iran’s impunity with regards to the horrific 1988 massacre, the Iranian regime is still continuing to commit other crimes against humanity. The speakers mentioned in particular the current wave of arrests and torturing to death of protesters in jail in the aftermath of the widespread protests and anti-government demonstrations that started at the end of December last year.
He said that his committee has been called, on numerous occasions, to act following the crimes committed by the regime in Iran for the past 39 years. He said that the hearing was to remember and commemorate the 33,000 Iranians that lost their lives during the 1988 massacre. He said that they were also gathered on this day to discuss how to put an end to the impunity that it is still benefiting from. He wants to bring the regime to justice and described its impunity as "scandalous".
