human-rights

As mass graves and further evidence of sexual exploitation, torture and killings, and human rights abuses committed by ISIL/Da'esh extremists in Iraq come to light, the top United Nations human...

20,700 people have been displaced since the operation to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from terrorists started on 17 October, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said, estimating that...

To achieve the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of peace, prosperity and dignity for all on a healthy planet, it is essential to recognize the shared duty of care towards the...

The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, addressing a special session of the Human Rights Council Friday (10/28/2016) called on all the member states to "speak with one...

‘In Europe there are a lot of voices challenging very fundamentals of human rights’

The technical sitting on the Evaluation of the Functionality of the UN in the Prevention of Human rights Violations, with a stress on Israel and Saudi Arabia was held by the ODVV.

Turkish border guards have killed at least eight Syrian refugees, including several children, as families were “fired on indiscriminately” after attempting to cross into the country, the Syrian...

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, UNIC held a workshop with participation of some 22 graduate students of human rights from Allameh Tabataba'i University on 17 December 2015 at the UNIC library.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2015, called for protection of the human rights of all.

The Saudi Arabian government plans to execute at least 50 people mostly over terror related charges in one day, warns a human rights group.

The ODVV holds a sidelines panel on the Human Rights Situation in Yemen, in the ongoing 30th Session of the Human Rights Council.

The representatives of the ODVV participated in the 30th Session of the Human Rights Council.

TEHRAN, Sep. 01 (MNA) – According to the latest HR development report of the WEF, Iran has soared 14 ranks higher in 2014.

At least 26 people have been killed and more than 220 others injured in a bomb attack at Imam Sadiq (PBUH) Mosque in Kuwait City.

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 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...