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Meeting with the Special Rappporteur on Iran
Another of the ODVV activities at the same time
as the Session was an exclusive meeting with the
Rapporteur on Iran, in which recommendations
were given for the improvement of his report
writing process.
Holding a Sidelines Panel on the Review of the
Human Rights Situation of Iran
This sidelines panel entitled the Review of the
Human Rights Situation of Iran was another of
the ODVV activities. Three main subjects in the
reports of the Special Rapporteur in the UPR were
discussed, which included, review of the rights
and status of women in Iran, health and human
rights in Iran, and the punishment limits of the
crime of drugs trafficking from international law
aspects.
Initiative in the Putting up of the Peace and
Friendship Exhibit at the Broken Chair Square in
Geneva
In this exhibit the activities of 12 Iranian NGOs
alongside the traditional Iranian Haft Cin spread
and banners with slogans: “Peace, Friendship
and Rejection of Violence and Extremism: was
presented at the Broken Chair Square in front of
the Southern Gate of the European headquarters
of the United Nations, in a place busy with tourists
and pedestrians and where UN workers, member
states representatives and NGOs went to and fro.
This technical sitting was held on the occasion
of the International Day of Families by the
ODVV in May 2015 in the conference Hall of the
ODVV. The sitting began with the reading of the
UN Secretary-General’s message for the day by
the representative from UNIC in Tehran.
Next in the sitting, which was held with the
presence of family therapists and psychologists
from counseling centres, Dr. Jaleh Afshari-
Monfared pointing to the importance of the
family as the first environment that can shape the
Holding of Technical Sitting on the Effect of the Family on Damage and
Self Development