Islamic Rights or Human Rights

An Iranian Dilemma

Bibliographic Data

ID9977474
AuthorsAnn Elizabeth Mayer (University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume29
Issue3-4
Pages269-296
Publication date1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIranian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00210869608701851
OpenAlexW2094725691
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited4

Human rights issues loom large in the contemporary history of Iran. Under the reign of the late shah, Iranians were deprived of basic rights and freedoms and suffered from pervasive violations of human rights, many at the hands of the regime's notorious security forces. Ironically, in official representations to the international community, the shah's government posed as a champion of human rights. In the 1960s and 1970s Iranians took a leadership role at the United Nations in promoting international human rights law, and Tehran was selected as the venue for the important 1968 UN International Conference on Human Rights. Under the shah Iran ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which the United States failed to ratify until 1992 (and then only conditionally). Individual Iranians also contributed to the development of human rights principles

Champion · Fundamental rights · Human rights · International community · International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights · International human rights law · Linguistic rights · Political science · Politics · Reservation of rights · Right to property · Sociology · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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