Human Rights, the UN and the Bahá'ís in Iran / Nazila Ghanea-Hercock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ghanea-Hercock, Nazila, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--Iran.

Civil rights.

Human rights--Iran.

Human rights.

Bahai Faith--Iran--History--20th century.

Bahai Faith.

Persecution--Iran--History--20th century.

Persecution.

United Nations. Commission on Human Rights.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2003.

Summary:

This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of the contribution of the United Nations to the human rights situation of the Bahá'ís in Iran. It does this by examining the theoretical, legal, institutional and political dimensions of this issue in detail. The situation of the Bahá'í community in Iran between 1979 and 2002 provides a particularly good test case for the international community due to its clarity. By giving attention to a singular case within a discrete time frame, this book is able to effectively examine the impact of UN human rights protection. Attention is given in this study to the clash between religion and human rights, the protection of freedom of religion or belief in international law, the workings of UN human rights charter-based and treaty bodies and their various mechanisms, and recommendations for the resolution of the Bahá'í human rights situation in Iran.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Section I: Introduction

1. Introduction

Outline

Focus

Structure

Postscript on Legal Sources used in this Book

Conclusion

Section II: Theoretical Basis

2. Faith in Human Rights, Human Rights in Faith

Effective Universalism and Human Rights

Complexity, Diversity and Human Rights

On What Basis to Cooperate?

Prerequisites for Reconciliation between Religion and Human Rights

Human Rights' Contribution to Religion

Religion's Contribution to Human Rights

3. Freedom of Religion or Belief under International Law

The Indivisibility of Human Rights

Minority Provisions and Religious Minorities

Non-discrimination

Freedom of Religion or Belief

Section III: Bahá'ís, the un and the Political Context in Iran - Case Study

4. Phase One (1979-1988): The Khomeini Years

Iran's Relationship with the un

United Nations Charter Bodies and the Bahá'í Case

Analysis of the Case in Charter-based Bodies

5. Phase Two (1989-1997): The Rafsanjani Years

The Entrenchment of the Persecution

6. Phase Three (1998-2002): The Khatami Years

The Struggle for a New Relationship

7. The Bahá'í Case in Treaty-Based Mechanisms

International Human Rights Mechanisms: Treaty Bodies

Treaty Monitoring Bodies

Conventions to Which Iran is Not Party

Section IV: Conclusion

8. Prospects, Implications and Recommendations

Amenable Historical, Legal and Political Circumstances

Problematic Historical, Legal and Political Circumstances

Developments between May 1997 and the Year 2000

Changes in Iran's Human Rights Policies: Genuine or Cosmetic?

Political Overview

The Role of the un Human Rights Machinery

General Implications.

Gradations of Response in the UN - Some Reflections

Possibilities towards Resolution of the Bahá'í Case

Overall Review

Specific Considerations for Resolution

Appendixes

Appendix 1: un Legal Texts on Freedom of Religion or Belief

(1945) The Charter of the United Nations

(1948) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

(1949) Conventions on the Laws of War or Humanitarian Law

(1951) Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

(1954) Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons

(1959) Declaration on the Rights of the Child

(1960) Convention against Discrimination in Education

(1961) Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

(1966) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

(1966) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

(1981) Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

(1989) Convention on the Rights of the Child

(1990) International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

(1992) Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

Appendix 2: Selections From the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Appendix 3: Details of Interventions Relating to the Bahá'í Case at the un Charter and Treaty-based Bodies, 1980-2001

Section 1: Details of the Case in Charter-based Bodies (relating to chapter 4)

Section 2: Details of the Case in Charter-based Bodies (relating to chapter 5)

Section 3: Details of the Case in Charter-based Bodies (relating to chapter 6)

Section 4: Details of the Case in Treaty-based Bodies (relating to chapter 7)

Conventions to Which Iran is Not Party.

Appendix 4: un Charter-based Bodies and the Pattern of Key Decisions Regarding Iran, 1980-2002

un Resolutions Adopted on Iran and Visits of Special Rapporteurs/Representatives to Iran

Appendix 5: Charts of the Treaty Body Reports Due from Iran

Human Rights Committee (HRC)

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Bibliography

Notes and References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-48156-7

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004481565 DOI