Basic HTML Version
6
Annual
Repor t
2014
ODVV
O D V V
Introduction
The Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) is a
non-governmental, non-profit, non-political organization in Special
Consultative Status to the Economic and Social Council of the United
Nations (ECOSOC). The ODVV was established in 1988 in Tehran and
has been active in the field of human rights and humanitarian activities.
The ODVV is also associated to the United Nations Department of
Public Information (UNDPI), a participatory of the NGOs Coalition for
an International Court (based in New York), and national coordinator of
the Global March Against Child Labour (based in New Delhi) which cooperated in a variety
of issues with international organizations and has working relations with many NGOs in Iran
and around the globe. The ODVV is also member of the International Action Network on
Small Arms (IANSA), Asia Youth Network, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations
(CONGO), and the International Movement for a Just World (JUST), and International
Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), and AMAN Network of Middle East and
North Africa Rehabilitation Centres for Torture Victims.