Human Rights Violations on the Basis of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Homosexuality in the Islamic Republic of Iran : submission to the 103rd Session of the Human Rights Committee (17 October, November 2011)

This report is a joint submission by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and the Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO) to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ("the Committee") on the occasion of its consideration of the third periodic report of the Government of Iran on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ("the Covenant"). The purpose of this report is to highlight the widespread and systematic human rights violations experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people; men who have sex with men (MSM); and women who have sex with women.