the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child called on Iran on to abolish the death penalty

the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child called on Iran on to abolish the death penalty as well as amputation, flogging and stoning for people who committed crimes as minors.
The UN Committee "deplored" the fact that during its three-week session an Iranian was executed for a killing carried out when he was 17 -- contradicting Iran's statement that it had suspended the death penalty for people accused of crimes while juveniles.
UN officials said Iman Farrokhi, found guilty of killing a member of Iran's security forces at age 17, was hanged in Tehran's notorious Evin prison on Jan. 20.
At least two other Iranians who committed crimes as juveniles were believed to be on death row, activists said.
The UN body, which had 18 independent experts, issued its findings after examining compliance by 10, including Iran, of the 192 countries to have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The treaty said people under 18 should not be subjected to capital punishment, life imprisonment or corporal punishment.
The UN committee, in its 17-page conclusions on Iran, said it "deplores the fact that such executions have continued," and urged it to "abolish the death penalty as a sentence imposed on persons for having committed crimes before the age of 18."