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Date: 29 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400
Subject: BARRING WOMEN FROM PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE IN IRAN A SERIOUS
RIGHTS VIOLATION, UN EXPERTS SAY
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BARRING WOMEN FROM PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE IN IRAN A SERIOUS RIGHTS
VIOLATION, UN EXPERTS SAYNew York, May 29 2013 1:00PMA group of
United Nations experts today warned that measures preventing women and
other citizens from running for presidential office in Iran constitute
a serious violation of rights guaranteed by international law.
Last week, Iran's Guardian Council, a 12-member body of theologians
and jurists which vets presidential candidates, approved only eight
individuals out of the 686 people registered for the 14 June election.
The 30 female candidates that applied were disqualified, as well as
other key political figures, raising concerns about the fairness and
transparency of the vetting procedures.
"This mass disqualification including that of women wishing to stand
in the presidential elections is discriminatory and violates
fundamental right to political participation, and runs contrary to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Iran has
ratified," <"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13373&LangID=E">said
the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed
Shaheed.
"Any restrictions on this right must be based on objective and
reasonable criteria without distinction of any kind, including race,
gender, religion, and political or other opinion," the expert said in
a news release from the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR).
Several candidates were reportedly excluded on the basis of their
affiliation with the 2009 post-election protests and their exercise of
fundamental human rights, including the rights to freedom of
expression, assembly and association.
The head of the UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women,
Kamala Chandrakirana, stressed that excluding women from eligibility
to presidential office "will exacerbate their already existing severe
underrepresentation in public, political and professional life."
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo noted
that the State must ensure women's participation in public affairs,
including the political sphere, through special measures that help
eradicate discrimination and violence against women.
The experts also urged the Government to lift restrictions to freedom
of expression and association. Special Rapporteur on freedom of
expression Frank La Rue, called for the release of detained
journalists, stressing that stifling news coverage will affect the
election's credibility.
"Threats to journalists and the constriction of freedom of expression
in different media during electoral times seriously undermine the
inclusiveness and fairness of the electoral process," Mr. La Rue said,
recalling that at least 40 journalists remain in prison across the
country. "The Government should ensure the release of all journalists
currently detained in prison and should allow media activists to
report freely."
He also expressed concern over reports that the Internet has been
virtually shut down, mobile texting has sporadically been blocked, and
reformist or opposition websites are being censored.
The Special Rapporteur on freedoms of peaceful assembly and
association, Maina Kiai, called again on the Iranian authorities to
immediately release the main two opposition leaders, Mehdi Karoubi and
Mir Hossein Mousavi, who have been under house arrest since February
2011, along with hundreds of other prisoners of conscience who remain
in prison for peacefully exercising their rights to freedoms of
opinion, expression, association and peaceful assembly.
"Freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association are
essential rights for the effective exercise of political participation
and must be fully protected," the experts concluded.May 29 2013
1:00PM
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