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Create a safe and enabling environment for civil society and human rights defenders, especially women human rights defenders

Take urgent action to improve the protection of human rights defenders, including those defending women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of human rights

End all forms of harassment, including judicial harassment, against human rights defenders, including human rights lawyers and journalists

Protect human rights defenders and media workers and fully guarantee the right to freedom of expression and association

Fully guarantee the rights of freedom of expression and to peaceful assembly and association, by creating an enabling environment, especially for women human rights defenders and human rights lawyers

Implement fully the relevant laws to hold to account the perpetrators of intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders and journalists

Ensure that children of registered refugees and unregistered foreigners are provided with birth certificates

Continue to ensure that all refugees within the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran enjoy their basic human rights and are protected from arbitrary arrest, humiliation and enforced expulsion

Continue measures to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers in line with the relevant international instruments

Ensure the freedom of religion and belief for minorities, such as the Baha’is and Christian converts, by adopting concrete measures to eliminate discrimination and enhance protection

Abolish laws, regulations and policies that discriminate on the basis of religion or belief in the areas of employment, education and participation in public life

Take measures to protect religious and ethnic minorities and ensure their full and equal participation in public and private life

Amend article 13 of the Iranian Constitution to ensure that all religious minorities, including Muslims, Christians, Christian converts, Jews, non-believers, Zoroastrians and the Baha’i in the country, are recognized and able to fully enjoy the right to freedom of religion and belief

Put an end to the persecution of religious minorities, including Baha’is, for their participation in social, education and community activities which are part of their religious practices

Amend domestic laws to provide all religious minorities with recognition and enable them to fully enjoy the right to freedom of religion or belief

Make further efforts to promote and protect the rights of minorities

Guarantee equal rights for all citizens, regardless of their religion

Ensure that the fundamental rights of ethnic and religious minorities are not violated

Identify and remedy all laws that have a discriminatory impact on persons belonging to the ethnic or religious minorities, including the Baha’i community

Protect the rights of Christians and other minorities and promote interfaith dialogue between religious groups in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Guarantee freedom of religion or belief, and put an end to discrimination based on religious or ethnic membership

Continue its initiatives aimed at the promotion and protection of the rights of the minorities and the strengthening of its legal measures

Take measures to ensure non-discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities

Amend article 13 of the Constitution to ensure that all religious minorities are able to fully enjoy the right to freedom of religion or belief

Eliminate all forms of discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities, including the Baha’is, Christians and Ahwazi Arabs, and ensure respect for their religious freedoms and cultural rights

End discrimination in law and practice against all religious and ethnic minorities, and ensure full protection of their rights

Amend legislation and judicial procedures to ensure that no religious group is the subject of discrimination so that all religious groups receive the same treatment under the law

Undertake the necessary legal, administrative and policy measures to address discrimination and the limitations that may be placed upon the rights of members of ethnic and religious minority groups

Adjust national legislation, in line with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in order to ensure the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons regardless of religion and ethnicity

Amend the constitutional provisions that give the followers of the Twelver Template preferential treatment over the rest of the followers of Islamic entities and other religions in the Islamic Republic of Iran