Topic: Universal Jurisdiction in Crimes against Humanity
Country: Iran
Delegate Name: Raid ElKhawaja
School: Forest Hills Northern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Iran position papers GLIMUN 2011 committees
The idea of Human rights is strongly supported by the Islamic republic of Iran. Tehran, strongly disagree with any war crimes committed toward any human being.
War crimes against humanity had been committed all over the world, specifically in the Middle Eastern region. The Middle East lived under a very harsh crimes against humanity been committed by (A) Israel and western powers (B) Arabs regimes. In fact, Israel had been always the cause; Israel was responsible for most of the war crimes that had been committed in the region, the Sabra and Sahatil massacre in the 1982 by the Israeli Defends Minister Ariel Sharon , as well as Qana massacre by the Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert during the war on Lebanon in the 2006,nevertheless Israel had been responsible for using illegal weapons against civilians, using Phosphoric bombs against the civilians in Gaza and Lebanon , moreover Israel has Nuclear weapons , which is a huge dangerous that’s able make drawl the region into a Nuclear war, which was about to happen during the ( 6 October war) in 1973 .
The Islamic Republic of Iran, respect all races and ethnic groups, and give everyone an equal human right. According to Article 19 in the constitution “All people of Iran, whatever the ethnic group or tribe to which they belong, enjoy equal rights; and color, race, language, and the like, do not bestow any privilege.”
