{"id":324030,"date":"2024-09-13T21:56:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T20:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=324030"},"modified":"2024-09-14T07:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T06:01:27","slug":"un-experts-and-nobel-laureates-condemn-irans-smear-campaign-against-former-special-rapporteur-javaid-rehman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/un-experts-and-nobel-laureates-condemn-irans-smear-campaign-against-former-special-rapporteur-javaid-rehman\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Experts and Nobel Laureates Condemn Iran’s Smear Campaign Against Former Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A group of 52 distinguished United Nations experts, former officials, Nobel laureates, and international lawyers have issued a joint statement denouncing a disinformation campaign by the Iranian regime aimed at discrediting Professor Javaid Rehman, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran.<\/p>\n

The statement comes in response to a smear campaign led by Tehran and its affiliated lobbyists, which escalated after Prof. Rehman\u2019s report recognized the 1980s mass executions of Iranian dissidents as crimes against humanity and genocide. The campaign against Prof. Rehman began with a letter from Kazem Gharib-Abadi, Secretary-General of the regime\u2019s High Council for Human Rights, to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, accusing Prof. Rehman of lacking impartiality and independence.<\/p>\n

The joint statement, signed by a wide range of international figures\u2014including Judge Sang-Hyun Song, former President of the International Criminal Court, and Nobel laureates Oleksandra Matviichuk and Jody Williams\u2014strongly condemned the Iranian regime’s attempts to undermine Prof. Rehman’s credibility. The signatories highlighted that Prof. Rehman worked on the UN mandate for six years without receiving any form of payment or external funding, adhering strictly to the UN’s code of conduct.<\/p>\n

The experts also noted that Prof. Rehman had been targeted by Tehran’s cyber army, with threats posted on his social media accounts, pressuring him to withdraw his call for accountability. The signatories demanded an immediate end to this harassment, asserting their solidarity with Prof. Rehman and denouncing the smear campaign as part of a broader strategy by Tehran to avoid scrutiny of its human rights abuses.<\/p>\n

The statement concluded by reaffirming the international community\u2019s support for Professor Rehman\u2019s work and emphasizing the importance of holding the Iranian regime accountable for its past and ongoing human rights violations.<\/p>\n

The full text of the statement and profile of the signatories is published on the JVMI website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Iranian regime\u2019s establishment disinformation targets the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran<\/h2>\n

A vicious smear campaign spearheaded by the government of Iran and its lobbyists abroad has been brought to our attention targeting former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, Professor Javaid Rehman.<\/p>\n

Attempts to discredit Professor Rehman, began with a letter from Kazem Gharib-Abadi, the Secretary-General of Iran\u2019s High Council for Human Rights, addressed to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights attacking his integrity, independence, and impartiality, using false and malicious allegations against him, simply because he refused to obtemperate and to be intimidated by a government that refused him to undertake visits to Iran as required by his mandate, as it did to two of his predecessors, out of fear of him discovering the hermetically sealed situation of human rights in the country.<\/p>\n

For six years, Professor Javaid Rehman has worked on the UN mandate on a completely unpaid basis. In accordance with the code of conduct, he never accepted any funding from any individual, organisation, or State for his work as the Special Rapporteur including for the writing and completion of the \u201cAtrocity Crimes\u201d report published in July 2024 in which he described the executions in 1981-1982 and the 1988 massacre as crimes against humanity and genocide.<\/p>\n

We strongly condemn the false and fabricated accusations propagated by the Iranian regime and its affiliates that he has received any form of honorarium or speaker fee for participation in the conference on 24 August 2024 in Paris. He attended this conference in his capacity as a former UN Special Rapporteur to participate in an event which focused on the \u201catrocity crimes\u201d during the 1988 massacre.<\/p>\n

The probity, moral integrity, and independence of a Special Rapporteur is thoroughly scrutinised before his\/her selection as a mandate-holder by the UN Human Rights Council. In fulfilling their mandate, they undertake consultations with a wide range of actors at the national, regional, and international level. A Special Rapporteur receives communications and addresses them to the government concerned. He\/she attends conferences and meets civil society from all horizons.<\/p>\n

Professor Rehman had successfully served the UN Human Rights Council for six years. Before being a UN Special Rapporteur, he is a professor of law whose career is to teach, promote, defend, and uphold the rule of law. His detractors among the pseudo human rights defenders and the regime-hired activists will never diminish his towering status.<\/p>\n

In addition, in recent days, Iran\u2019s cyber army has issued threatening tweets using Professor Rehman\u2019s Twitter handle, pressuring him to retract his call for accountability. This harassment must be stopped.<\/p>\n

We the undersigned stand shoulder to shoulder with Professor Rehman and vigorously denounce the smear campaign against him.<\/p>\n

SIGNED:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Judge Sang-Hyun Song<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (South Korea)
    \nPresident of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (2009-2015)<\/li>\n
  2. Amb. Joachim R\u00fccker<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Germany)
    \nPresident of the UN Human Rights Council (2015);
    \nAmbassador and Permanent Representative of Germany to the UN in Geneva (2014-2016);
    \nSpecial Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (2006-2008)<\/li>\n
  3. Dr. Mark Ellis<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (United Kingdom)
    \nExecutive Director, International Bar Association (IBA)<\/li>\n
  4. Prof. Robert K. Goldman<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (United States)
    \nPresident, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ);
    \nUN Independent Expert on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism (2004-2005);
    \nFormer President, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)<\/li>\n
  5. Dr. Melanie O\u2019Brien<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Australia)
    \nPresident, International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)<\/li>\n
  6. Dainius P\u016bras<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Lithuania)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (2014-2020);
    \nChairman of the Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council (2018-2019);
    \nDirector of the Human Rights Monitoring Institute \/ V\u0160\u012e \u017dmogaus Teisi\u0173 Steb\u0117jimo Institutas<\/li>\n
  7. Cl\u00e9ment Voule<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Togo)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association (2018-2024)<\/li>\n
  8. Oleksandra Matviichuk<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Ukraine)
    \n2022 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate<\/li>\n
  9. Jody Williams<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (United States)
    \n1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate<\/li>\n
  10. Yasmin Sooka<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (South Africa)
    \nChair of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (2016-present)<\/li>\n
  11. Dr. Ana Brian Nougr\u00e8res<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Uruguay)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy (2021-present)<\/li>\n
  12. Gabriela Knaul<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Brazil)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (2009-2015)<\/li>\n
  13. Dr. Karen Smith<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (South Africa)
    \nUnited Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect (2019-2021)<\/li>\n
  14. Prof. Wolfgang Schomburg<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Germany)
    \nJudge, UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (2001-2008);
    \nFormer Judge, UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR);
    \nJudge, Federal Supreme Court of Germany (1995\u20132000)<\/li>\n
  15. Prof. Jan Pronk<\/strong>\u00a0(The Netherlands)
    \nSpecial Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan (2004-2006);
    \nAssistant Secretary-General of the United Nations (1985-1986)<\/li>\n
  16. Prof. Fran\u00e7ois Cr\u00e9peau<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Canada)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants (2011-2017)<\/li>\n
  17. Hon. Richard J. Goldstone<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (South Africa)
    \nFormer Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa;
    \nFormer Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda;
    \nChair of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (2009-2010)<\/li>\n
  18. Prof. Heiner Bielefeldt<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Germany)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief (2010-2016);
    \nFormer Director, German Institute for Human Rights \/ Deutsche Institut f\u00fcr Menschenrechte (DIMR)<\/li>\n
  19. Maud De Boer-Buquicchio<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (The Netherlands)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children (2014-2020);
    \nFormer Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe<\/li>\n
  20. Miriam Ekiudoko<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Hungary)
    \nMember of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (2021-present)<\/li>\n
  21. Amb. Hans Corell<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Sweden)
    \nUnder-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel of the United Nations (1994-2004)<\/li>\n
  22. Prof. Michael Lynk<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Canada)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories (2016-2022)<\/li>\n
  23. Dr. Livingstone Sewanyana<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Uganda)
    \nUN Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order (2018-2024)<\/li>\n
  24. Anand Grover<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (India)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (2008-2014)<\/li>\n
  25. Prof. Urmila Bhoola<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (South Africa)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery (2014-2020)<\/li>\n
  26. Prof. Jean Ziegler<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Switzerland)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (2000-2008);
    \nFormer Vice-President of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee<\/li>\n
  27. Dr. Susan Bazilli<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Canada)
    \nMember, UN Group of Independent Experts on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus (2024-present)<\/li>\n
  28. Dominique Day<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (United States)
    \nMember of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (2018-present)<\/li>\n
  29. Mike Smith<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Australia)
    \nChair of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea (2014-2016);
    \nChair of the UN Commission on Human Rights (2004);
    \nAssistant Secretary-General of the UN in New York and Executive Director of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (2007-2013);
    \nPermanent Representative of Australia to the UN in Geneva (2002-2006)<\/li>\n
  30. Prof. David M. Crane<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (United States)
    \nFounding Chief Prosecutor, UN Special Court for Sierra Leone<\/li>\n
  31. Alda M. Facio\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 (Costa Rica)
    \nChair-Rapporteur and Member of the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls (2014-2020)<\/li>\n
  32. Anne Ramberg<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Sweden)
    \nCo-Chair, International Bar Association\u2019s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI);
    \nAd hoc Judge, European Court of Human Rights (ECHR);
    \nBoard Member, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA);
    \nChair, Board of Uppsala University;
    \nFormer Secretary General, Swedish Bar Association<\/li>\n
  33. Dr. Jelena Aparac<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Croatia)
    \nChair-Rapporteur and Member of the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries (2018-2023)<\/li>\n
  34. Henrikas Mickevi\u010dius<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Lithuania)
    \nMember, UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) (2015-2022)<\/li>\n
  35. S\u00e8tondji Roland Adjovi<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Benin)
    \nMember, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (2014-2020)<\/li>\n
  36. Prof. Monika P\u0142atek<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Poland)
    \nUN Expert, OHCHR Examination of the Human Rights Situation in Belarus (2023-present)<\/li>\n
  37. Sonja Biserko<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Serbia)
    \nMember, UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea (2013-2014);
    \nFounder and President of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia<\/li>\n
  38. Prof. Gabor Rona<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (United States)
    \nChair-Rapporteur\/Member of the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries (2011-2019)<\/li>\n
  39. Prof. Alexandro \u00c1lvarez<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Chile)
    \nUN Expert, Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (2022-2023)<\/li>\n
  40. Prof. Fernand de Varennes<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Canada)
    \nUN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues (2017-2023)<\/li>\n
  41. Hiljmnijeta Apuk<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Kosovo)
    \nWinner, United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights for 2013<\/li>\n
  42. Amb. Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (United States)
    \nUS Special Envoy (2008-2009); US Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs (2001-2005)<\/li>\n
  43. Prof. Steven M. Schneebaum<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (United States)
    \nAdjunct Professor of International Law, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University<\/li>\n
  44. Kenneth Lewis<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Sweden)
    \nLawyer for the PMOI in the Swedish trial of former Iranian prison official Hamid Noury<\/li>\n
  45. Tahar Boumedra<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (United Kingdom)
    \nPresident, Justice for the Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI);
    \nFormer Chief of UNAMI Human Rights Office and Representative of the HCHR in Iraq<\/li>\n
  46. Prof. Claudio Grossman<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Chile)
    \nSpecial Adviser to the ICC Prosecutor (2021-present);
    \nMember, UN International Law Commission (ILC) (2016-present);
    \nChair, ILC\u2019s Drafting Committee (2019);
    \nPresident, Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIDH) (2014-present);
    \nPresident, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) (1996, 2001);
    \nChair, UN Committee against Torture (CAT) (4 terms, from 2008-2015);
    \nChair, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies (2013);
    \nProfessor of Law & Dean Emeritus, American University Washington College of Law<\/li>\n
  47. Prof. Christian Tomuschat<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Germany)
    \nPresident of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (2013-2019);
    \nMember of the UN Human Rights Committee (1977-1986);
    \nChairman\/Member of the UN International Law Commission (1985-1996);
    \nRapporteur of the UN Human Rights Commission on the Human Rights Situation in Guatemala (1990-1993)<\/li>\n
  48. Prof. Martti Koskenniemi<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Finland)
    \nMember of the UN International Law Commission (2002-2006)<\/li>\n
  49. Houria Esslami<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Morocco)
    \nChair-Rapporteur and Member of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) (2014-2020)<\/li>\n
  50. Prof. Stefan Trechsel<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Switzerland)
    \nPresident of the European Commission of Human Rights (1995\u20131999);
    \nJudge, UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (2006-2013)<\/li>\n
  51. Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Nigeria)
    \nFormer UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights (2004-2010)<\/li>\n
  52. Melissa Parke<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 (Australia)
    \nMember, UN Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (2017\u20132021)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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