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Growing anger after some children are placed in foster care – and even a detention centre – because background checks on family members have not been carried out

Governments urged to end ‘most heinous human rights violation’ as report finds widespread sexual exploitation of migrant children in Greece

Istgah orchestra has made a video for the International Day of Peace in which they have interviewed 8 children from seven countries on the issue of rejecting war

In African and Middle Eastern countries facing famine, unsafe water is as dangerous for severely malnourished children as lack of food, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned, noting...

The Welfare Deputy of the Welfare Ministry, Ahmad Midri gave news of the launch of a census on Iranian women who are married to Afghan men and said: “The issuing of ID cards and documents for the...

As the escalation of the conflict in Yemen enters its third year this week, the top United Nations humanitarian official has called on the parties to the conflict to commit to political dialogue...

With about 70,000 cholera cases reported with nearly 600 fatalities in Yemen, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that an already dire situation for children is turning into a disaster.

As war-torn Yemen grapples with heavy rains, a collapsed healthcare system and crippled economy, a resurgent cholera outbreak has spread with “unprecedented” speed and taken medical professionals...

President’s special assistant on citizen’s rights gave news of the drafting of a comprehensive plan on citizen’s rights in 14 indicators and said: the provincial programme of the Charter will also...

A senior United Nations relief official has called on all parties to come to an agreement and allow immediate and unfettered humanitarian access to more than 60,000 civilians trapped in four Syrian...

Following the approval of general outlines of the clean air bill on October 23, 2016, Majlis (the parliament) has tasked responsible organizations and executive bodies with combating and...

Highlighting the seriousness of the impact of climate change on the planet and its inhabitants, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for sustained action to meet the global...

human rights activists, scholars, researchers, lawyers, government officials, university professors and students gathered at the Islamic Human Rights Commission on Human Rights Day 2015

On the occasion of this international day, the ODVV is holding a sitting on the subject of “methods for the rehabilitation of torture victims to return to normal life”.

In a ceremony on the 26th of June the Organization for Defending Victims of Violence commemorated the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

Holding of UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with documentation of torture and review postmodern treatments for the rehabilitation of victims.

A technical sitting will be held on “Self-Awareness and its Status in the Prevention of Violence in the Family” on the occasion of the International Day of Families.

On the occasion of the International Day of Non-Violence, the ODVV held the technical workshop on Problem Resolution and No to Violence ...

According to Jalal Rahim Jahan Abadi, the chairman of the Parliamentary Legal and Judicial Commission, alternative to death sentences for drugs cases is in working agenda of the Commission, and...

Comprehensive Education and Human Rights Council Simulation Held on the Occasion of Universal Human Rights Day