Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Commission issues for AISMUN 2023 are:
Issue #1: Iran’s violation and diminishment of women’s rights.
Domestic violence, the annual marriage of thousands of girls between the ages of 10 and 14, and entrenched prejudice in law and practice all contribute to Iran's continued treatment of women and girls as second-class citizens. Additionally, women have lobbied for changes in rules and regulations that discriminate against them, such as the dress code and sexual harassment. It has maintained a concern for woman, as they are now being legally viewed as having less credibility and are essentially restricted and regulated by male-dominant authorities.
Issue #2: Examining the increased recruitment of child soldiers globally.
Child soldiers has been defined as including any for of forced child labor, including as servants, human shields, spies, suicide bombers or those who are sexually exploited. The rise of of non-governmental bodies operating in human traficking and the trade of child soldiers has become increasingly prevalent. The combat of this issue has been part of the human rights council agenda, beginning with urging the Pakistani government to take legislative action against those facilitating these human rights violations.
Issue #3: China's genocide of of Uyghur muslims on the basis of religious extremism.
Since 2017, China has imprisoned hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs in reeducation centers without their will, with the majority of them being Muslims. Several nations, including the US, have already charged China with carrying out a genocide in Xinjiang. Human rights organisations and former detainees claim that because of their religion and ethnicity, authorities have subjected people to forced disappearances, torture, other physical and psychological abuse, including forced sterilisation and sexual abuse, forced labour, political indoctrination, and extended detention without trial.