Activities

A Look at the Special Session of the Human Rights Council on Iran

The 39th Special Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council was held on 23 January 2026 to examine the human rights situation related to...

Emily Crawford

International Legal Perspectives on Civil Unrest and External Intervention: An Interview with Professor Emily Crawford In response to the recent developments in Iran in early...

Miko Peled

Miko Peled is an author, writer, speaker, and human rights activist living in the United States. He is considered by many to be one of...

Elijah J Magnier

Elijah J. Magnier is a Brussels‑based veteran war correspondent and senior political risk analyst with more than 37 years of experience covering the West Asia...

Human Rights

A Crisis of Human Dignity: From the Promises of 1948 to the Realities of 2025 Seventy-seven years have passed since a war-weary world adopted the...

ODVV Letter to UN Special Rapporteurs on IELTS Suspension in Iran

Tehran, Iran – The Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) has raised urgent concerns over the suspension of the International English Language Testing System...

Kleoniki Alexopoulou

This interview was conducted as part of the Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV)’s expert series on Palestine, global solidarity, and international humanitarian law....

50th Session of the UPR

In a critical and noteworthy move, concurrent with the 50th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, the Organization for Defending of Victims...

Implementation of the Project: “Organizational Capacity Building and Empowerment of Specialists Supporting Refugees’ Mental Health”

The Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV), in collaboration with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has launched a project entitled “Organizational Capacity Building and...