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Iran reportedly executed 1,639 individuals in 2025, marking a 6% increase from 975 executions in 2024.
The figures were released in a joint annual report by Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM).
The report highlighted that 48 women were among those executed in 2025, underscoring severe human rights concerns.
A Norway-based non-governmental organization dedicated to monitoring and documenting human rights abuses in Iran, with a particular focus on the death penalty.
A Paris-based international non-governmental organization that advocates for the universal abolition of the death penalty.
An inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations.
GS Paper 2: International Relations (India and its neighborhood- relations; Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests); Social Justice (Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections).
General Awareness: Current Affairs, International Organizations, Important Reports.
General Awareness: Current Affairs, International News.
General Awareness: Current Events, International Organizations.
General Awareness: International Affairs, Human Rights.
With reference to the "G20 Common Framework", consider the following statements: 1. It is an initiative endorsed by the G20 together with the Paris Club. 2. It is an initiative to support Low Income Countries with unsustainable debt. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Both 1 and 2
Consider the following pairs: International agreement/set-up : Subject 1. Alma-Ata Declaration : Healthcare of the people 2. Hague Convention : Biological and chemical weapons 3. Talanoa Dialogue : Global climate change 4. Under2 Coalition : Child rights Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
Answer: 1 and 3 only
Consider the following in respect of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS): 1. Inaugural IONS was held in India in 2015 under the chairmanship of the Indian Navy. 2. IONS is a voluntary initiative that seeks to increase maritime co-operation among navies of the littoral states of the Indian Ocean Region. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Answer: 2 only
Medium for UPSC (as part of broader human rights/international relations), Low to Medium for other exams (depending on the prominence of the report).
The legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.
Fundamental rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status.
The killing of a person by governmental authorities without the sanction of any judicial process.