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Iran; Bahá’í; United Nations (UN); Yazd; Bahá’í International Community; Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide; International law; Islamic fundamentalism; fundamentalist clergy; Islam; Ayatollah Kohemeini; Genocide; Crimes against humanity; Customary international law; International Court of Justice (ICJ); Appeals Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Covention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; International Covenant on Civil and Human Rights (ICCPR); International Covenant on Economic
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The Violent Persecution Of The Iranian Bahá’Í: A Call To Take A Human Capabilities Approach To Defining Genocide, Camilia R. Brown
The Violent Persecution Of The Iranian Bahá’Í: A Call To Take A Human Capabilities Approach To Defining Genocide, Camilia R. Brown
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
Iran is home to an estimated 300,000 members of the Bahá’í faith, a global religion that originated in Iran in the early nineteenth century. Since the faith’s inception, thousands of Bahá’ís have been killed, imprisoned, and tortured. Today, they are unable to attend colleges and universities, hold business licenses, bury their dead, or gather for worship. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the current regime has worked to systemically impede the progress of the Bahá’í community. While hundreds of Bahá’ís have died at the hands of the current regime, the high threshold for bringing a case under the intent prong …