A/HRC/19/61/Add.4 beating, kicking, burning, pressurized water, and deprivation of food, inter alia. Without any evidence to the contrary, the Special Rapporteur determines that the rights of Mr. Mohammad Reza Houtan Kian against Torture have been violated, and calls on the Government of Iran to ensure a prompt, independent and impartial investigation, leading to prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators of torture, and to provide full redress to the victim, including fair and adequate compensation, and as full rehabilitation as possible. The Special Rapporteur additionally notes that while Iran has not ratified the Convention against Torture, the rights cited therein are reflective of customary international law and, indeed peremptory norms binding on all States (jus cogens). (h) JUA 08/07/2011 Case No. IRN 9/2011 State reply: None to date Alleged arbitrary detention of human rights defenders and persons peacefully exercising their freedoms of expression and assembly. 78. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Iran has not responded to this communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate established by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to the alleged denial of necessary medical treatment to Ms. Mahnaz Mohammadi and the alleged denial of family visits of Ms. Mahnaz Mohammadi and Mr. Ashkan Zahabian. In this context, the Special Rapporteur recalls rule 22(2) of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, which provides that, “[s]ick prisoners who require specialist treatment shall be transferred to specialized institutions or to civil hospitals. Where hospital facilities are provided in an institution, their equipment, furnishings and pharmaceutical supplies shall be proper for the medical care and treatment of sick prisoners, and there shall be a staff of suitable trained officers.” With regard to the alleged denial of family visit, the Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to ensure that all detained or imprisoned individuals have the right to be visited by family members. The Special Rapporteur is of the view that denial of family visits and of medical attention to persons in custody consititutes, under the appropriate circumstances, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in violation of international standards. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the Special Rapporteur believes that the rights of Ms. Mohammadi and Mr. Zahabian have been violated. (i) JUA 27/09/2011 Case No. IRN 11/2011 State reply: None to date Alleged arbitrary detention and solitary confinement of human rights lawyer and defender. 79. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Iran has not responded to this communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate established by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to the alleged use of solitary confinement on Mr. Abdolfattah Soltani. In this context, the Special Rapporteur reiterates that prolonged solitary confinement, in excess of 15 days, should be subject to an absolute prohibition (paragraph 88, A/66/268). The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to provide information regarding the legal grounds of the use of solitary confinement on Mr. Soltani and to ensure that solitary confinement is used only in very exceptional circumstances, as a last resort, for as short a time as possible, provided with adequate procedural safeguards. (j) JUA 10/10/2011 Case No. IRN 13/2011 State reply: None to date Alleged arrest and detention, ill-treatment, judicial harassment and sentencing of women human rights defenders. 80. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Iran has not responded to this communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate established by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to the alleged ill-treatment and denial of medical treatment of Ms. Faranak Farid and the alleged incommunicado detention of Ms. Farid and Ms. Fereshteh Shirazi. The Special Rapporteur stresses that paragraph 8(b) of Human Rights Council Resolution 16/23 reminds States that “(p)rolonged incommunicado 35