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Annual
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2016
ODVV
FOREWORD
2015 came to an end with all its ups and downs, under circumstances in which not only most
parts of the world did not become any safer compared to the year before, but we witnessed more
violence. The rise in terror attacks in the world which is the result of the rise in extremism and
violence, has caused great concern.
Another of the issues and challenges the world experienced last year, was the refugee crisis,
which was a direct result of the ongoing conflicts in parts of the Middle East and North Africa.
For the first time since the end of the Second World War, the world faced a huge refugee crisis,
something unprecedented.
Unrest and conflicts in these regions were some of the most important human rights violations
that occurred in the world last year.
Also in the year that has just gone the world faced the continued threat of extremist terror groups
which requires the special attention of the whole of the international community.
But alongside the aforementioned terrible events, the global working agenda in ratifying the MDG
till the end of 2030, the Iran and world powers nuclear agreement, the Paris agreement on climate
change are some of the positive human rights achievements of last year, which has raised the
hopes of many human rights activists.
Overall, the promotion of human rights in the world and Iran are some of the objectives that the
ODVV tries to promote through transparency of information and various programmes and activities.
As each year, the yearly itinerary included ODVV’s activities such as the commemoration of
International Volunteer Day, participation annual periodic Human Rights Council Sessions other
international conferences. The continued empowerment of Iranian NGOs in consultative status to
ECOSOC saw the ODVV organise the presence of these organization in the 28th Session of the
Human Rights Council, the UPR on Iran.
As every year there is a section in this report on the activities of the ODVV Raha Rehabilitation
centre alongside statistics on psychological counselling of victims of violence.
Let us hope that 2016 will be marked as the year in which comprehensive and lasting peace
begins to be established throughout the world, in particular the Middle East.
The ODVV welcomes the cooperation of international organizations with NGOs active in human
rights, to help take positive steps towards the expansion of human rights and nonviolene culture
throughout the world.
What follows is the activities of the ODVV in the past year, in chronological order: