Iranian authorities
should immediately release Golrokh Iraee, a human rights defender hospitalized
in Tehran, Human Rights Watch said today. Iraee was sentenced to six years in
prison in April 2015 on charges solely related to her peaceful activism, after
an unfair trial.
Article
1
1.
All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they
freely determine their
political
status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
2.
All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and
resources without
prejudice
to any obligations arising out of international economic co-operation, based
upon the
principle
of mutual benefit, and international law. In no case may a people be deprived
of its own
means
of subsistence.
3.
The States Parties to the present Covenant, including those having
responsibility for the
administration
of Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories, shall promote the realization of
the right
of
self-determination, and shall respect that right, in conformity with the
provisions of the Charter of
the
United Nations.
Article
2
1.
Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to
all individuals
within
its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the
present Covenant,
without
distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion,
political or other opinion,
national
or social origin, property, birth or other status.
2.
Where not already provided for by existing legislative or other measures, each
State Party to the
present
Covenant undertakes to take the necessary steps, in accordance with its
constitutional
processes
and with the provisions of the present Covenant, to adopt such laws or other
measures as
may
be necessary to give effect to the rights recognized in the present Covenant.
KAYHAN JAMME
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