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M-189 Human rights in Iran

41st Parliament, 2nd Session

Motion Text

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) endorse and act upon the recommendations as set forth in the third report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development entitled "Ahmadinejad's Iran: A Threat to Peace, Human Rights and International Law", adopted by the Committee and tabled in the House of Commons on December 9, 2010; (b) condemn systematic and widespread state-sanctioned assaults on the human rights of the Iranian people constitutive of crimes against humanity; (c) make the human rights crisis in Iran a priority of Canadian foreign policy; (d) urge Iran to cease and desist from its state-orchestrated policy of wanton executions; (e) urge Iran to release its political prisoners, including the seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders, imprisoned ethnic Kurds, and other imprisoned members of targeted minorities such as the leaders of the Christian community; (f) urge Iran to cease and desist from its arrest and imprisonment of lawyers who have defended victims of human rights violations; (g) urge Iran to cease and desist from its assaults on the rights of women; (h) sanction the major human rights violators complicit in, and responsible for the ordering of, the wanton executions and assaults on human rights, and put them on notice that they will be held accountable before the law; (i) recommend the appointment of a Special United Nations Rapporteur regarding human rights in Iran; and (j) sanction those in the Iranian leadership who orchestrate and engage in state-sanctioned incitement to hatred and genocide.


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