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Annual
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2016
ODVV
- Iranian NGOs Capacity-building Activities
Towards the capacity-building of NGOs for international activities, the ODVV facilitated the
presence of representatives of 14 Iranian NGOs in Consultative Status to ECOSOC in the 31st
Session of the Human Rights Council.
The presence of Iranian NGOs in Special Consultative Status, with the aimof their capacity-building
through practical introduction, through preparation of statements, registration of statements
procedure, how sidelines panels are held, how to play an effective role in the UPR mechanism,
how to interact with UN thematic rapporteurs (such as meetings with the Special Rapporteur on
Minorities, Right to Health etc.), and also with other NGOs present in the Council, were all some
of the accomplishments of the ODVV in the capacity-building and empowering of Iranian NGOs.
- Meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Asia-Pacific Deputy
The High Commissioner for Human rights is UN’s highest human rights authority which according
to the working agenda of this body, with its
mandate is to guide, educate and take steps in
the empowerment of individuals, NGOs and with
the help of States to promote human rights, has
a special status among the international human
rights organizations. For the first time the ODVV
arranged a meeting with the head of Asia-Pacific
Mr. Rory Mangaon with representatives of 14
Iranian NGOs in Special Consultative Status. He
expressed pleasure from ODVV’s years of activities for the removal of existing human rights
concerns and the capacity-building of NGOs, and arranging the meeting with Iranian NGOs.