Publications related to West Balochistan

Jun 15, 2022

UNPO Presents Submission To UN Special Rapporteur On Iran Ahead of Key Report

Between 40 and 50% of the Iranian population belong to ethnolinguistic minorities that differs from the dominant Farsi (Persian)-speakers. This makes Iran a mosaic of languages, cultures and political traditions. Their rights have seldom been protected since the establishment of modern nation state of Iran in early 20th century. The Ahwazi Arabs, Kurds, Azerbaijani Turks, Turkmens, and Baluchi among...

Jun 15, 2022

UNPO Presents Submission To UN Special Rapporteur...

UNPO, alongside the Association of Human Rights in Kurdistan – Geneva (KMMK-G), the Ahwaz Human Rights Organization (AHRO), the Balochistan Human Rights Group (BHRG) and Xaxuran (collective focused...

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Feb 28, 2022

Refugee Espionage: An EU Model

Awareness of third-country espionage activity within the EU has increased in recent years following a series of high-profile cases. In April 2021, the UNPO published a report highlighting the extent and...

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Oct 26, 2021

Iran : UNPO Joint Submission To Special Rapporteur...

In our report, covering updates since June 2021, we detailed the increase in executions and killings by the regime. For example, we reported on the recent protests in several cities in Khuzestan (Ahwaz)...

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Apr 15, 2021

Compromised Space: Foreign State Reprisals against...

Based on the experience of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), this report outlines reprisals suffered by European citizens and residents, on the sovereign territories of Europe,...

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Jan 09, 2018

UNPO’s Alternative UPR Report on Iran Denounces...

To read the full UNPO Alternative UPR Report on Iran, click here. On 19 March 2017, the Iranian Parliament approved the ‘Law on the Sixth Five-Year Economic, Cultural, and Social Development Plan...

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Feb 27, 2015

UNPO Alternative Report to CRC Highlights the...

The Alternative Report aims to examine the compliance with and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the Iranian Government, focusing especially on children of the Ahwazi Arab,...

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Apr 24, 2012

UNPO Report Outlines Threats to Indigenous Peoples’...

  UNPO has submitted an Alternative Report to the UN Committee on Cultural, Economic, and Social Rights (CESCR) ahead of Iran’s review at the 49th Session in May 2012.  This report to...

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Dec 22, 2010

UNPO Delegation Makes Impact At UN Forum

  22 December 2010   Two UNPO staff members led a delegation of over 20 representatives of 11 minority groups to participate in the Forum, which took place over the course of three days at...

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