Peyvast

On 30 June, the Foreign Policy Centre, in partnership with Stop Child Executions, launched a new report entitled, ‘From Cradle to Coffin: A Report on Child Executions in Iran’.

Here is its table of contents:

• Preface by Christian Salazar Volkmann, Former representative of UNICEF in Iran and current UNHCR representative in Colombia
• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Background: Iran and Juvenile Rights
• Legal Perspectives
• Theological Perspectives Case Studies and Realities of Child Executions in Iran
• Conclusion
• Policy Recommendations
• Notes
• Appendices

Report in English   
Executive summary in Persian

The 96 page pamphlet was intended to be used as an initial introduction for policymakers and academics.
Much hardwork by many especially Nazanin Afshin-Jam went in the report. (see acknowledgement page)

The report is by no means as comprehensive and structured as some of us at SCE members had envisioned but due to limitations of a joint project as well as the launch deadline and budget constraints it was produced in its present format. Report lacks the very important references to the articles of Iran’s Islamic regime’s own laws as well some of the important Islamic principals that are being violated by executing children in Iran.

In near future I will post on this blog two of the three articles in full that I had drafted for the report which were partially used within the report. (Child executions violate Iran’s Law & Theological Challenges) . The third article titled:
SCE solutions and Recommendations had already been posted on the SCE site (http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/scesolutions.aspx_ as well as my blog here (http://peyvast.blog.com/5161684/). I also had created a power point presentation of the solutions : www.stopchildexecutions.com/solutionsPP.htm

There are also additional unpublished charts and graphs about child executions that I will post later.

SCE officer and legal council , D.W. Duke also had previously contributed two great articles which one was also touched on within the report. His articles are titled

UN versus Iran’s children rights obligations : http://scenews.blog.com/2340572/
Life for sale: http://scenews.blog.com/1946498/
Children’s Rights: A Historical Perspective: http://scenews.blog.com/2003220/

I must add that although the articles posted on SCE are drafted or initiated by one individual but when needed, as a team of voluteers, we help each other with ideas, content, research and editing.