The present document concerns a press release of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in which calls on the Iranian authorities to put an immediate end to the persecution and harassment of Mrs Abdolfattah Soltani and Nasser Zarafchan, two human rights lawyers. The ICJ calls the Iranian authorities to conform to its international human rights obligations and to ensure that human rights lawyers can freely carry out their legitimate work without intimidation, hindrance or harassment in accordance with the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
The present document concerns a press release of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in which calls on the Iranian authorities to put an immediate end to the persecution and harassment of Mrs Abdolfattah Soltani and Nasser Zarafchan, two human rights lawyers. The ICJ calls the Iranian authorities to conform to its international human rights obligations and to ensure that human rights lawyers can freely carry out their legitimate work without intimidation, hindrance or harassment in accordance with the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
