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Mehrangiz Kar
As a member of the United Nations, the Iranian government is obliged to follow rules an regulations created based on the international human rights law. The Iranian government has also signed important human rights treaties (documents?) that are listed below, adding to her duties as a member of the UN.
1. The Iranian government has arrived at a positive vote for the ratified 1948 human rights declaration, approving the contents of the human rights legislation. Therefore, the Iranian government has accepted the human rights law as interpreted by the declaration and the treaty. Although, the declaration has shifted its path from the original agreement and has not developed into sanctioned international law, its incorporation of credible decrees has created ethical responsibilities for many countries. New countries, established after the issuance of the declaration as well as countries that have amended their constitution in accordance with the political transformation of this era, have been inspired by this declaration for the creation or amendment of their constitution. Iran, which in the course of a century, has undergone two revolutions in the name of justice and freedom has currently diverged significantly from the underlying ideas of the human rights declaration.
“The International human rights declaration can be set as a standard by which all countries can be judged based on the context to which each country is in conformity with international standards for upholding individual rights.”
2. Many laws regarding women in Iranian laws are not compatible with international standards. Accordingly, Iranian laws are not in accordance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
The ratified International Economic, Social, and Cultural Covenant of 1966 has been endorsed by Iranian legislators.
3. Accordingly, Iranian laws are not in accordance with the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The Civil and Political International Covenant of the 1966 was ratified by Iranian legislators.
4. Accordingly, Iranian laws are not in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was ratified by Iranian legislators after the Islamic revolution.
In some ways, article 9 of Iranian civil laws is in conformity with those segments of international clauses that are based on Iran’s collaboration with other governments.
Therefore, Iran’s indifference to principles of international human rights, and the repeated violations committed in the legislative and judiciary spheres, foretells the facts that internal laws requiring enforcement are not respected. Therefore, from the standpoint of a citizen, this government is a “law breaker” and thus, cannot order its citizens to “abide by the law.”
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