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ODVV’s representatives have had active presence in the 29th session of human rights council which began on the 15th of June, 2015.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Eighty percent of Yemen's population, or more than 20 million people, need some form of humanitarian assistance as the Saudi-led coalition airstrikes ravage the impoverished country,...

The public flogging of jailed blogger Raif Badawi is now “sure” to resume after Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court upheld his sentence at the weekend, his wife has told The Independent.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Makarim Wibisono, today reiterated his call on the Government of Israel to...

The technical sitting on the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of innocent children victims of aggression was held on Sunday 7 June in the conference hall of the ODVV. According to ODVV...

The technical sitting on the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of innocent children victims of aggression is being held on Sunday 7 June in the conference hall of the ODVV.

A group of United Nations human rights experts today expressed alarm at the enactment of the Population Control Healthcare Bill in Myanmar, the first of four in a package of bills that seek to...

At least 21 people have lost their lives and 97 others sustained injuries in a bomb attack carried out by the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group against a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.

Specialize meeting on ‘family’s influence on formation of one’s self-damage and growth’ was held on Sunday 17th May, 2015 in the conference Hall of the Organization for Defending Victims of...

Joint statement - Sana'a/Geneva (ICRC/MSF) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are extremely concerned about the severe damage caused by recent...

A Group of Human Rights NGOs , Writing a Letter, Expressing Worries about the Situation in Yemen:

In just three weeks, the violence in Yemen has had devastating humanitarian consequences: the number of food insecure people has increased from 10.6 million people to 12 million; at least 150,000...

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) today expressed concern by the continued and increasing use of administrative detention by Israeli authorities against Palestinians, who are being...

The 28th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is taking place on 2-27 March 2015, at Room XX, Geneva, Palais des Nations. In a reaction to Ahmed Shaheed’s report on the...

Thanks to ODVV’s innovation, in an interesting move, Iranian NGOs in special consultative status to ECOSOC who were attending the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, for the first...

The actions of a number of Islamist extremists in the terror attacks against Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in Paris and the behaviour of the magazine in insulting God's prophets,...

Since the establishment of the United Nations in 1945, nongovernmental organizations have continually had active communication and participation in UN's programmes and events such as the...

Former Tehran Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi was given a life long ban from the Justice Department by Branch 38 of the country's Supreme Court, in the case known as the...

In a joint press conference with Fars and Tasnim News Agencies at the Press Exhibit, Hadi Sadeghi, the Cultural Deputy of the Judiciary gave news of the traveling of 2 UN thematic rapporteurs to...

With the escalation of unilateral inhuman sanctions against the people of Iran on the pretext of Iran's nuclear activities, which have caused countless economic and medicinal problems and a...