Association des Chercheurs Iraniens

Along with the issues concerning discrimination, poverty and human rights, the question we aim to discuss further is the continuous disproportionate use of the death penalty and the systematic use of lethal force against unarmed civilian population leading to many deaths in the Baluchistan region with regard to the ICC Statute and crimes against humanity

Following the UNODC’s signing of Country Partnership Program and In view of the increased number of executions in Iran on drugs related charges this year alone, our conference’s focus is the role and responsibility of the international community

ACI dedicated its twenty seventh international conference to the study of ‘Iranian Music, past present and future’. This conference was convened jointly with the Music Institute of Cologne University with the participation of renowned musicians and experts worldwide.

This important meeting brought leading international experts together to discuss the issue of ‘Equality and Religious Freedom in Iran’. The mandate with which president Rohani took office in August 2013 was change and moderation. He appointed an advisor on minority issues and published a ‘Citizenship Charter’.

In this third conference,  we were honoured to have Senator Robert Badinter the ex-French Minister of Justice who successfully fought to abolish the death penalty in France as our keynote speaker.

The two main topics of discussion were right to life and activism, and the use of death penalty in Iran by the regime as a tool of oppression and fear. Human rights defenders, journalists, political activists and representatives of Iran’s ethnic and religious groups particpated …