🔶 Mai Sato’s call for documenting the extraterritorial repression of the Islamic Republic

🔶 Mai Sato’s call for documenting the extraterritorial repression of the Islamic Republic

Mai Sato, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, in a call published an appeal to victims of human rights violations, their families, human rights defenders, and civil society organizations to provide information and documentation about the Islamic Republic’s extraterritorial crackdown and pressure on the relatives of government opponents.

This call was published for the preparation of Sato’s next report for the sixty-fourth session of the UN Human Rights Council, and one of its main focus areas is the Islamic Republic’s actions against opponents and critics outside the country.

In this call, published on the website of the UN Office of Human Rights, individuals and informed entities were asked to document cases involving threats, intimidation, surveillance, and harassment of opponents outside Iran, as well as pressure applied to their family members within the country.

Travel restrictions, the seizure of assets, and the use of consular services to exert pressure are among other issues for which the UN special rapporteur has requested information.

Another part of the call is dedicated to the consequences of human rights violations for the families of individuals who have been detained, disappeared, killed, or executed. Sato seeks information about the economic, social, legal, and psychological repercussions of these actions.

Mai Sato has asked individuals and relevant institutions to send their information and documentation no later than 15 November 2026 (24 Aban 1405) for review in his upcoming report to the UN Office of Human Rights.

Mai Sato is from Japan and a criminal law expert, with an extensive record in efforts to combat executions, the fight against extrajudicial killings, judicial violations, violations by judicial officers and police, and international human rights laws.