UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS TO VISIT IRAN FROM 22 TO 29 FEBRUARY

Gabriela Rodriguez Pizarro, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the human rights of migrants, will visit the Islamic Republic of Iran from 22 to 29 February at the invitation of the Government.

The Special Rapporteur will visit Teheran and Shiraz. In the capital, she will meet with representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour, and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Ms. Pizarro will also meet with representatives of non-governmental organizations, as well as representatives of United Nations Agencies and Programmes.

In Shiraz, Ms. Pizarro will meet with law enforcement officials and other relevant authorities of the Fars Province, as well as representatives of the civil society.

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur was established in 1999 by the Commission on Human Rights. Additional information on her activities and reports can be found on the web page of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights www.ohchr.ch (Index- migrants-Special Rapporteur).