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The United Nations human rights office today welcomed the temporary release of lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is serving a six-year sentence in Iran, and voiced the hope that...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) honored Iran for its successful efforts in overcoming hunger. Alongside Iran, 12 countries including Brazil, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon,...

With the cooperation of a number of Iranian NGOs, the ODVV held an exhibit on the sidelines of the International Seminar on the Review of the Effects of Financial and Economic Sanctions on the...

The United Nations Committee Against Torture released a report Friday that deeply criticized the U.S. for its responses and investigations — or lack thereof — into counter-terrorism methods, police...

Attending the Minorities Forum in the Human Rights Council in Geneva, representatives of the ODVV will read oral statements.

With the aim of increasing capacities of NGOs for further participation and effectiveness in international conferences, the ODVV is holding the Practical Guidelines for Acquiring Consultative...

NEW YORK (22 October 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, today raised concern about the increasing use of technologies...

Combating the “twin plagues” of Ebola and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while addressing the largest number of forcibly displaced people since World War II amid budget cuts is...

The United Nations will adopt a minimalistic, concrete and realistic approach to addressing the crisis generated by Syria’s ongoing conflict, a senior UN official said today as he warned about the...

On the occasion of the International Day of Non-Violence a workshop was held at the ODVV on the subject of "Prevention of Violence.

This technical sitting was held in joint cooperation of the ODVV and Public Diplomacy and the Medias of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for Iran and other Countries Friendship associations and a...

On the sidelines of the 27th Session of the Human Rights Council, the ODVV held a panel on

Representatives of the ODVV are attending the 27th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switerland.

Six nongovernmental organizations prepared a joint request letter, asking ICC prosecutor Ms. Fatou Bensouda to personally investigate the crimes committed by ISIS terror group.

This project began its work in March/April 2014 through the tripartite agreement between the ODVV, BAFIA and UNHCR. The project was designed with the aim of prevention of domestic violence.

On the initiative of the ODVV and with the presence of its director and board of directors and also a number of representatives from NGOs and university lecturers from Iraq, held the Review of...

The final statement of Iranian friendship associations with other countries and international NGOs in support of the people of Gaza was read by the director of the ODVV. According to ODVV public...

The National NGOs Conference was held in the presence of the President in the Interior Ministry's Conference Hall. According to ODVV public relations, six NGOs activists and directors made speeches...

This sitting was held with the efforts of the ODVV with the presence of Khaled Qodumi, the representative of Hamas in Tehran, and two university academics. The sitting stressed on war crimes having...

This sitting will be held with the participation of representative of Hamas in Tehran. Following the horrific killings of innocent Palestinians in Gaza by the IDF, the ODVV is holding a technical...