Pathology of Human Rights Council Policies in the Middle East and Iran

Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly

Javad Azizi ¹ , Khairullah Parvin ² , Mostafa Seraji ³

1 - Department of public law, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran
2 - Department of public law, Faculty of Law & political science, Tehran University,Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Public Law, Faculty of Humanities, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran

Received: 2021-07-03 Accepted : 2021-07-03 Published : 2021-08-23

Keywords: Human Rights, Human Rights Council, Human Rights Commission, Global Periodic Mechanism,

Abstract :

The Human Rights Council (UNHRC) replaced the UNCHR as a subsidiary of General Assembly. The United Nations has demonstrated its special importance for issues related to improving global human rights situation and promoting universal respect for human rights protection and fundamental freedoms. It is responsible for fulfilling its human rights obligations. Among features of the UNHRC are possibility of suspending membership of countries violating human rights and establishing a mechanism for reviewing the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and studying details of monitoring human rights violations. Despite its many efforts in human right’s field, UNHRC has not yet been able to reach its main position and goal, which is to defend human rights in countries and Middle East region. Among factors that stand in way of achieving the UNHRC goals are universality of human rights, cultural relativism, lack of enforcement mechanisms, political considerations and injustice as well as the stance of some countries against the UNHRC.