Secretary of Iran Judiciary's Human Rights Council Kazem Gharibabadi emphasized Iran’s objection to instrumental use of human rights in a meeting on the sidelines of the 49th UN Human Rights Conference on Human Rights in Geneva.

Deputy Head of the Iranian Judiciary and Secretary of the county’s High Council for Human Rights on Wednesday underlined Iran’s strong resolve to help the promotion of human rights both inside the country and overseas.

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man during confrontations in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

ran's Deputy Judiciary chief for international affairs and Iran's High Council for Human Rights Secretary said that appointing a Special UN human rights rapporteur for Iran is politically motivated, and an instrument to impose political pressure against a few countries.

Secretary of Iran Judiciary's Human Rights Council said that approach of political and instrumental use of human rights must be set aside by the Western countries.

An Iranian delegation led by Kazem Gharibabadi, the Judiciary’s deputy chief for international affairs and secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Headquarters, has participated in a high-ranking meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

UN human rights experts* today urged Sweden not to issue a licence for an iron-ore mine in the Gállok region, home of the indigenous Sámi people, saying the open-pit mine will generate vast amounts of pollution and toxic waste, and endanger the protected ecosystem including reindeer migration.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that it monitored a number of human rights violations within the first week of February, most notably was the health deterioration of detained Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace.

Serbia discriminated against players who won medals at Blind Chess Olympiads by denying them financial benefits that were granted to sighted players for winning similar international accolades, the European Court of Human Rights ruled.

Polish police say they have found another dead person near Poland's border with neighboring Belarus. Over the past six months, at least 19 bodies have been found in the Polish-Belarusian border region, all are presumed to be of migrants who tried to reach the EU.