The situation of human rights in Iran will be reviewed at the 7^th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC), between February 15 and 17, 2010.

Given the importance of this session, we, a network of international human rights organizations and civil society groups, will be holding a protest in front of the United Nations offices in Geneva on Monday February 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in order to condemn the systematic violations of human rights in Iran and express solidarity with the democratic movement of our people in Iran.

In the interest of forming a united and effective front, we invite all human rights defenders and organizations to attend this gathering and endorse its demands.

We strongly urge the United Nation Human Rights Council:

1. to condemn state-sponsored violence, torture, rape and execution, and to request that the perpetrators of such heinous acts be brought to justice

2. to call for immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscious

3. to call for a total and complete end to all forms of discrimination against women

4. to call for freedom of association and assembly

5. to call for freedom of thought and expression

6. to call on Iran to consent to visits of all relevant Special Procedures mandate-holders for purposes of  inspecting the condition of prisons and prisoners in Iran

7. to push for the appointment of a Special Human Rights Rapporteur for Iran

8. to mandate Iran to respects its international human rights obligations under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its sister Covenants, and to eliminate discrimination on grounds of religion, faith, ethnicity, gender and sexuality

To endorse this collective effort, please contact:

Europe: bashariranberlin@yahoo.com
North America: upriran2010@gmail.com

Signatories

1. Anti-Violence Campaign for Peace, International Health & Epidemiology Research Centre (USA)

2. Associarion dialogue et démocratie (France)

3. Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (Montreal – Canada)

4. Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (Canada)

5. Comité indépendant contre la répression des citoyens iraniens

6. Cycling for Human Rights in Iran (Canada)

7. Deutsch-Iranisches Forum Aachen e.V (Germany)

8. Esmail Khoi foundation (USA)

9. Federation Europerse (Europe)

10. Forum for Human Rights and democracy in Iran (Sweden)

11. Iranisches Kulturzentrum Rahaward (ev) (AAchen-Germany)

12. Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America (International)

13. Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre (USA)

14. Iranian Progressive Youth (the Netherlands)

15. Iranian Queer Organization- IRQO (Canada)

16. Iranian Human Rights Society at York University (Canada)

17. Iranian Society for Human Rights – Northern California (USA) (Germany)

18. Komitees für Solidarität mit dem Protest des iranischen Volkes

19. Mournful Mothers of London (England)

20. Mütter für den Frieden – Dortmund Gemeinschaft für die Solidarität mit den trauernden Müttern im Iran (Germany)

21. Neda Peace and Freedom (Canada)

22. Organization for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Iran (USA)

23. People for Iran (USA)

24. Progressive American-Iranian Committee (USA)

25. Rights and Democracy for Iran (Canada)

26. Shahrvand Publication (Canada)

27. Society for Human Rights and Democracy in Iran (Germany)

28. Society for Human Rights in Iran – Southern California (USA)

29. Solidarity with Iran (Canada)

30. Solidarity with Iranian Mothers (Belgium)

31. Solidarity with Iranian Mothers (Germany)

32. Society to Support Iranian People’s Movement for Freedom, Human Rights and Democracy (Germany)

33. Supporters of Mournful Mothers of Iran in Los Angeles (USA)

34. Supporters of Mournful Mothers of Iran in Vienna (Austria)

35. The European Students’ Union (Europe)

36. The Art and Culture Club (USA)

37. United4Iran (USA)

38. United 4 Iran( Köln-Bonn)

39. United 4 Iran (Bayer)

40. United 4 Iran (Düsseldorf)

41. United 4 A Free Iran (Heidelberg)

42. United 4 Iran (Germany)

Supported by Amnesty International, International Trade Union Confederation and European Students’ Union