International Coalition Against Violence in
In September 2009, following the unprecedented violence which erupted after the disputed 2009 Presidential elections in Iran, International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI) was set up by a number of Iranian women who believed in the need to examine the roots of the violence and seek ways to reduce and ultimately stop it. Ever since, ICAVI has enjoyed the support of individuals, groups and organisations who uphold the universal and indivisible principles of human rights as enshrined in the United Nations Human Rights Charter.
ICAVI Charter reflects its aims which are the rejection of all forms of violent and repressive acts, be they institutional, legal, physical, psychological, or verbal as a means of attaining social, political, cultural or personal goals at the expense of individuals of all backgrounds, groups (such as women and children), or ethnic and religious minorities.
ICAVI is against capital punishment and denounces extreme forms of it as practiced in
ICAVI believes that state’s institutionalisation of violence, regardless of its forms and degree, legitimises the proliferation of traditional, socio-cultural forms of brutality and encourages crime and criminality in Iranian society.