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conditions, Mr Hossein Gharibi said: “These restrictions and criteria in fact shape the UN and
a world without the UN will not be a better world than today.” He also pointed to a number of
politicised decisions of the UN and deemed these types of decisions as a result of the existing
faults and limitations within the UN such as serious financial limitations.
The sitting ended with a Q&A session with the participants.
Participation in the 33rd Session of the Human Rights Council
The 33rd Session of the HRC was held from 13 to 30 September 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The ODVV Representative Office had an active and effective presence in this Session. Some of
the activities are as follows:
- Preparation of written and oral statements
In this Session of the HRC the ODVV submitted 6 written and 7 oral statements. Some of the
subjects of these statements which were submitted under Items 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Council
working agenda were as follows:
Item 3: Terrorist and Islamophobic Attacks in Europe
Item 3: Foreign Fighters in Iraq and Syria
Item 3: The Refugee Crisis Today
Item 4: human Rights Abuses in Yemen
Item 6: UPR Outcomes: Tajikistan
Item 7: Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Defenders Newsletter: Spring-Summer 2016
This issue of defenders was printed in the summer in the summer of 2016.
The perspective ahead in the removal of capital punishment, the situation
of alternative punishments in the Iranian criminal justice system, the causes
of the refugee crisis, roots of violence against women captured by ISIS,
terrorism, human rights violations in some Middle Eastern countries, basic
education, and the fundament of development and urban building, Iranian
arts and architectural treasures, are some of the subjects discussed in this
issue of Defenders.
Prevention of Domestic Violence and Life Skills Education Project
According to the tripartite agreement between the ODVV, UNHCR and BAFIA the Prevention of
Domestic Violence and Life Skills Education Project began on 15 October, 20016.
Spring & Summer 2016
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