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Techniques of preventing and responding to violence against women were discussed in an experts meeting.

Lawyers Can’t Meet Defendants; Charges Include “Spreading Shiism”

The ODVV held this education workshop with the cooperation of UNIC in Iran.

In a news conference, US military commander in Afghanistan, General Joseph Votel, gave the conclusions of Pentagon’s investigation into the Doctors Without Borders hospital missile attack conducted...

On the occasion of the International Day of Families, on Monday 16 May, the ODVV held a technical sitting on Self Awareness and its Status in Prevention of Violence in Families, in the conference...

This workshop will be held by the ODVV with the cooperation of UNIC in Iran.

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.

UNIC: Tehran: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2016, urged all Governments, politicians, businesses and citizens to commit to nurturing...

Amnesty: Revelations of the slaughter and secret burial of 347 members of a Shi’ite religious group in mass graves by the Nigerian army must be urgently investigated said Amnesty International...

independent: Despite its often turbulent dealings with Israel, Iran has one of the world's largest and longest-established Jewish communities - and it's growing. Kim Sengupta reports from Tehran on...

With the efforts of the ODVV (in Special Consultative Status to ECOSOC since 1988), on the sidelines of the 31st Session of the Human Rights Council, Iranian NGOs put up an art-culture tent and the...

In continuation of their international activities, ODVV representatives participated in the 31st Session of the Human Rights Council at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. According to ODVV...

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the introduction of an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia over its operation in Yemen, The Greens political group reported on its website.

The Conservative government has licenced £5.6bn in sales of arms, fighter jets and other military hardware to Saudi Arabia since David Cameron came to power, campaigners have claimed.

According to reports, three out of four Palestinian children experience physical violence during their arrest, transfer or interrogation

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Providing healthy diets for the world's growing urban population requires forging stronger links between rural producers and urban markets and building food systems that are more socially...

A United Nations report released today details the severe and extensive impact on civilians of the ongoing conflict in Iraq, with at least 18,802 civilians killed and another 36,245 wounded between...

The Isis jihadist group has completely destroyed a 1,400-year-old Christian monastery in Iraq, the oldest of its kind in the country.

ISIS Carnage in Iraq Leaves 19,000 Dead, 3.2 Million Displaced in Unprecedented Violence Since 2014