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Summer 2017
DEFENDERS
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ODVV
Activities
Participation in the 35th Session of the
Human Rights Council
T
he 35th Session of the Human Rights Council was held from 6 to 23 June 2017
at the Swiss headquarters of the UN in Geneva. The ODVV Representative
Office in Geneva had an active and effective presence in this Session.
Some of the ODVV activities included the
preparation and submission of written and
oral statements, publication and distribution
of books, magazines, annual reports and
multimedia CDs with the aim of expansion
of ODVV’s international links.
The ODVV submitted 4 written statements
and 7 oral statements. Some of the subjects
of these statements which were under
Items 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 included: human
rights situations that requires the Council’s
attention, refugee policies in the EU, UPR
mechanism and civil society space, Israeli
settlements in the Palestinian Occupied
Territories, and US policies and Islamophobia and Human rights crisis in Yemen.
Human Rights Activists Demonstration outside the
United Nations in Geneva in Condemnation of the
Tehran and London Terror Attacks
O
n the initiative of the ODVV Geneva Representative Office, and in
condemnation of the terror groups’ attacks in Tehran and London and also the
continuation of Saudi Arabia’s aggression
against the innocent people of Yemen, a
protest was held on 15 June in front of
the UN Headquarters in Geneva. The
demonstration took place at the same time
as the 35th Session of the Human Rights
Council. Holding placards and shouting
slogans, the participants condemned the
recent terror attacks. In this demonstration,
human rights activists gave short separate speeches and called upon the international
community and human rights bodies to make efforts to put an end to these inhuman
actions. In their speeches these activists condemned the Tehran and London terror
attacks and also the Saudi aggression in Yemen, and declared their support for the
people of Yemen.