UN expert calls US sanctions on Iran “disastrous”
“During our visit, we were able to identify the (devastating) humanitarian impact of sanctions,” said Elena Douhan, a UN special rapporteur focusing on the impact of unilateral sanctions.
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
NGOs letter to the UN Secretary-General on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestine
On December 9th, 2021, twelve NGOs from various parts of the world, including the Organization for the Defending of Victims of Violence (ODVV), wrote a letter to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, detailing and documenting their protest against Israel's criminal activities in prisons as well as the gross violations of international law and the Third and the Fourth Geneva Conventions on Prisoners of War. The organizations called on the senior UN officials to address the issue and set up an international commission of inquiry to look into the situation of Israeli prisons. here
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UK Plan to Ship Asylum Seekers to Rwanda is Cruel
According to the UN, plans to send some asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda are a breach of international law.
Syrian Refugees Are Left Behind
Over six-and-a-half million fled Syria altogether, with the majority, 5.6 million, staying in countries near Syria. The situation in their host societies is worsening. Western governments have been cutting their support.
ODVV News
Join us in ending celebratory gunfire!It is noted that from December 22nd to January 5th, IANSA and its members invites you to raise...
NGOs letter to the UN Secretary-General on...NGOs letter to the UN Secretary-General on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestine
Children and Peace: An Artwork by Istgah...Istgah orchestra has made a video for the International Day of Peace in which they have...
ODVV Hold’s Technical Sitting on Combating...ODVV Hold’s Technical Sitting on Stop Gun Violence and Combating the Spread of Small Arms and...
The Letter of 24 International NGOs to the...The Letter of 24 International NGOs to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN Special...
Make your voice heard - Unite against gun...Make your voice heard - Unite against gun violence! GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION, May 31 - June 4, 2021
Photo Exhibit and Assembly in...In this exhibit which was held in the United Nations Square and in front of the European...
The IANSA 16 Days of Activism Against...The IANSA 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign is starting soon. In this...
ODVV’s letter to the Ministry of Education...Right to education and right to development have been the focus of ODVV activities at...
Iran-based NGOs Written Statement to be...The rise in the unilateral behavior of some governments has created obstacles in the way of the...
ODVV’s letter to Interior Ministry of the...Regarding the outbreak of Covid-19, the Organization for Defending Victims of Violence, has...
ODVV Statement on Recent Yemen CeasefireFollowing the UN Secretary General’s appeal for an immediate global ceasefire, the Organization...
Iran News
Launching of the First Child 24 Hour Care...The first child 24 hour care centre for children with dysfunctional families with the capacity of...
Welfare Organization Prevents Child MarriagesThe director of the National Welfare Organization said: “in the event of prior knowledge the...
The Second Edit of the Student’s Rights...On the orders of the custodian of the Research and Technology Ministry, the second edit of the...
National Children’s Week interwoven with...The National Children’s Week, October 7 to 13, is specifically planned to raise children’s...
We Have Targeted the Increase of the...The deputy of the General Office of the Legal-Judicial Culture of the Judiciary’s Cultural...
Creation of 21 Thousand Jobs in the...The director general of the Office of Planning for Employment and Profession training of the...
21 Sep 2017 - UNESCO Celebrates...The Peace Day Celebration was attended by Governmental officials, foreign diplomats,...
Over 1,800 manufacturing, service units in...Some 1,858 Iranian manufacturing and service units which were emitting ozone-depleting substances...
$6m allocated to improve life for people...The Welfare Organization of Iran has allocated 230 billion rials (about $6 million) to improve...
Iran, Japan discuss women’s empowerment,...A delegation from the Sasakawa Peace Foundation of Japan discussed cooperation with Iran in the...
370,000 foreign nationals to receive free...Some 370,000 foreign students, mostly Afghan nationals, will receive free of charge schooling in...
Children of Iranian mothers and Afghan...The Welfare Deputy of the Welfare Ministry, Ahmad Midri gave news of the launch of a census on...
International News
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Dire lack of winter funding puts millions...Dwindling resources could severely jeopardize efforts to provide refugees and displaced persons...
For Yemenis and migrants, protracted...Amid worsening famine and cholera in war-torn Yemen, the head of the United Nations migration...
UN rights experts urge Member States to...We call on Aung San Suu Kyi to meet the Rohingya personally in Rakhine state as well as in Cox’s...
The only world safe from use of nuclear...The only world that is safe from the use of nuclear weapons is a world that is completely free of...
Global ‘learning crisis’ threatens future...Schooling without learning is a terrible waste of precious resources and of human potential, the...
Myanmar: Video and satellite evidence...Amnesty International has assessed three new videos taken inside Rakhine State as recently as...
Yemen: US-made bomb kills children in...The bomb that destroyed a residential building in Yemen's capital last month, killing 16...