UN/HRC 30th Session: “Panel on the impact of the world drug problem on human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHR) participated in a panel discussion on World Drug Problem under the UN Human Rights Council's 30th Regular Session on September 28. in Geneva. In a joint statement referring to the execution of more than 2500 alleged drug offenders since 2011, the IHR spokesperson Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam called on the United Nations' Office for drugs and Crimes (UNODC) and its funding countries to condition their cooperation with Iran on a moratorium on the death penalty for drug offences