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- Preparation and distribution of ODVV products
With the aim of expanding
its international links through
publication of media products
and its activities reports, the
ODVV produced various
products such as a book on
the violation of the rights of
the Shia in Pakistan and Iraq,
Defenders Newsletter with a scientific content focused on human rights, ODVV annual report,
multimedia CDs that contained a documentary on Gaza entitled "What the Western Media Won't
Tell You". These products were extensively distributed in this Session.
ODVV Representative's Presence in the 19th UPR Working Group Session
and its Pre-session in UPR-INFO
The UPR of countries which has been defined in the form of working groups and documented by the
Human Rights Council. To get further introduced to the working groups working process, the ODVV
representative in Geneva participated in the the Working Group 19th Session which was held from 28
April to 9 May 2014 and as an example conducted studies on the review of Portugal, North Korea and
Qatar.The aim of this study was to identify the working group's working process during the review of
the human rights situation of a country, how countries produce their own human rights situation report,
replies that are given to the recommendations given, interaction with countries and recommendations
that they give, determination of the connection between recommendations and the lobbies of NGOs.
Request from the ICC to Investigate the Crimes Committed by ISIS & the ICC
Prosecutor's Reply
Six NGOs jointly prepared a petition , and requested ICC prosecutor Ms. Fatou Binsouda to
investigate crimes committed by ISIS. In this petition which was prepared by the German-Iraqi
Society, Council in Support of Fair Trials and Human Rights, the ODVV, International Organization
for the Fight Against Terrorism and Religious Extremism, Zahra Human Rights Institute and Muslims
Rights Association of Belgium, while pointing out the history and background of this terror group,
stressed on the leaders and members of this group being international criminals.
Some examples of the crimes committed by ISIS was pointed out in this petition that included
kidnappings, torture, destruction of religious sites, rape, slavery, mass and extrajudicial executions,
arbitrary and extrajudicial detentions, and murder of individuals. In view of the crimes associated to
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