Organization for Defending Victims of Violence

Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political Organization in Special Consultative Status to the Economic and Social council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). The ODVV was stablished in 1988 in Tehran and has been active in the field of human rights and humanitarian activities.The ODVV is also associated to the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI), a participatory of the NGOs Coalition for an International Court (based in New York), and national coordinator of the Global March Against Child Labour (based in New Delhi) which cooperated in a variety of issues with international organizations and has working relations with many NGOs in Iran and around the globe. The ODVV is also member of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), conference of Non Governmental Organization (CONGO), and the International Movement for a Just World.