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2 - Sitting on the Violation of the
Rights Shia Minorities
At the same time as the 24th Session
of the Human Rights Council the ODVV
held a sidelines panel on the Violation of
the Rights of Shia Minorities. The sitting
was held in September 2013 in Room
XXII. The moderator of the sitting was
Dr. Alireza Deihim and there were 53
participants. Dr. Bashar Baghdadi from
Britain gabe a speech on the violation
of the rights of Shia minorities with a
thematic study on Syria, Hussein Naghavi
from Manchester England speech was on
the violation of the rights of Shia minority
equal to genocide with a thematic study
on Pakistan, and Sheikh Meisam Salman
from Bahrain spoke on the subject of the
violation of the Shia rights in Bahrain. The
panel ended with a Q&A session with the
audience.
3 - Sitting on Crimes against Humanity
in the Middle East
For the first time by holding a sideline
panel on “Crimes against Humanity in
the Middle East” the ODVV reviewed the
crimes of ISIS and Israel side by side under
the heading of crimes against humanity.
At the start of the panel a documentary
was played called, “What the Western
Media Won’t Tell You”, which had been
produced by the ODVV. The documentary
centred on the suffering and resistance of
the people of Gaza, and some Israeli action
cases which are tantamount to war crimes
and crimes against humanity.
Other sittings held by the ODVV during
its continued presence in the Human
Rights Council over the recent years are:
the sitting on the violation of human rights
on the pretext of the fight against terror
which was held on the sidelines of the 16th
Session of the HRC, violation of human
rights on the pretext of sanctions on the
sidelines of the 19th Session of the HRC,
terrorism and human rights
- Education Workshops
1. Guide to Acquiring Consultative
Status from ECOSOC Education
Workshop
These education workshops began in
2000 and continue on andwith the presence
of governmental and nongovernmental
representatives with the aim of increasing
international credibility and opportunity
for dialogue of NGOs at the international
level. Participants in these workshops
scientifically and practically were
introduced to the NGOs Committee of
ECOSOC and its duties.
2. Project Formulation Education
Courses towards the Recommendations
presented in the UPR on Iran
The Project Formulation towards the
Recommendations presented in the UPR
on Iran education courses were held over
3 days in July 2012 with the attendance
of 25 representatives of Iranian NGOs
from Fars, Isfahan, Yazd and Tehran
provinces. This course was held with the
aim of empowerment of NGOs towards
preparation of international projects
related to the UPR recommendations and
the empowerment of 25 NGOs for writing
executive projects in accordance with
national and international standards.
3, Introduction to the Human Rights
Council Education Workshop
This workshop was held in September
2011with the attendance of 50 international
law experts and representatives from
a number of NGOs with the aim of
introduction to the structure of the United
Nations.The participants were introduced