violence

The Central African Republic (CAR) has spiralled into violence and remains one of the worst countries in the world to be a child and “right now there are few eyes looking at them and few hands...

Calling for “immediate care and protection” for children caught up in violence in Iraq's war torn Mosul and other Middle East conflicts, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that the...

“Empowerment; Empowered Women; Life without Violence” Conference

According to reports, three out of four Palestinian children experience physical violence during their arrest, transfer or interrogation

The Saudi media and human rights activists reported that the Saudi Arabian government intends to execute 6 youths from the Al-Qatif province in the coming days. There are serious concerns over the...

ODVV’s representatives have had active presence in the 29th session of human rights council which began on the 15th of June, 2015.

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expressed its grave concern at the recent escalation of violence in Helmand province, which reportedly claimed the lives of at least 25 civilians,...

Bahrain is at a tipping point. The first two months of 2017 alone saw an alarming upsurge in arbitrary and abusive force by security forces as well as the first executions since the uprising in 2011

Organization for defending victims of violence will be holding an event on the international day in support of victims of torture at the Peace Museum of Tehran with the focus on the right to...

The United Nations Association of Iran, together with the Organisation for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) kindly invites enthusiastic law scholars, academicians, researchers, and law students...

Istgah orchestra has made a video for the International Day of Peace in which they have interviewed 8 children from seven countries on the issue of rejecting war

On the occasion of the International Day of Non-Violence, the ODVV held the technical workshop on Problem Resolution and No to Violence ...

The Presidential Deputy on Women and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi, deemed the fight against violence against women a universal responsibility and stressed that the home is not the castle...

According to ODVV public relations, participating in this 3- day workshop, held on 12, 19 and 26 October were a number of jurists, lawyers, NGOs and human rights activists.

Voicing concern over the abuse of religion to justify incitement to violence and discrimination, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres underscored the importance of religious leaders in...

In just three weeks, the violence in Yemen has had devastating humanitarian consequences: the number of food insecure people has increased from 10.6 million people to 12 million; at least 150,000...

With over half a million Rohingya refugees having fled their homes in Myanmar since violence erupted in late August, the top United Nations humanitarian official has underscored that the solution...

On the occasion of the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture, an event was held on Sunday, 28th of June by the organization for defending victims of violence (ODVV) at Tehran...

The ODVV is to hold an education course on the Introduction to Family Rights, with the cooperation of the legal clinic of Shahid Beheshti University on the occasion of the International Day for the...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday called on Qatar and Saudi Arabia to settle their disputes through dialogue.