The 3rd Workshop on International Humanitarian Law held in TPM
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The third workshop on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) was held in Tehran Peace Museum on 18 December 2013 in collaboration with ICRC office in Iran and National Committee of International Humanitarian Law (NCIHL).
More than 40 students of different courses including international law participated in this workshop in which several subjects including Principles of IHL, Implementation and enforcement of IHL, Red Cross and Red Crescent movement and chemical weapons convention were discussed.
To see the Photos of the event click here.
Ahmet Üzümcü accepts the Nobel Peace Prize for OPCW in Oslo
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The annual award ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize took place in Oslo, Norway on Tuesday 10th of December, 2013. This year’s recipient was the OPCW (the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons).
The OPCW Director-General, Mr. Ahmet Üzümcü, officially accepted the prize on behalf of the organization. Mr Üzümcü was accompanied by a delegation of ambassadors from 10 state parties. In addition, Mr Kazem Gharibabadi, the Iranian Ambassador to The Hague and Iran’s permanent representative to the OPCW, was among the delegates representing countries from Asia.
During his speech at the award ceremony, Mr. Üzümcü shared the following sentiments. “It is enough to look at the pictures of victims to understand the agony that they must have gone through – from Ieper in Belgium to Sardasht in Iran, from Halabja in Iraq to Ghouta in Syria”.
Meeting with the winner of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize in the Hague
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Members of the Tehran Peace Museum's board met with Director General of the OPCW (the winner of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize) in the Hague on 06 December.OPCW Conference in the Hague: Photo Exhibition of the Long Term Effects on the Eye of Chemical Weapons Victims
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Victims from Sardasht were present at the exhibition
At the recent OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) annual conference held in The Hague from 2 to 6 December, 2013, the Tehran Peace Museum and the Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support (SCWVS) displayed a photo exhibition of the long term effects of mustard gas on the eyes. This exhibition was the first of its kind in the world and was widely seen by the participants of the conference.
Latest Issue of the International Network of Museums for Peace Newsletter
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The 6th issue of the International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP) newsletter was published in November 2013.
This 12 page newsletter includes the following articles:
• A new Kenyan Travel Exhibition: Journeys of Peace
• The 8th International Conference of Museums for Peace
• Celebrating Peace Philanthropy: INMP’s contributions
• The Annual Report of the INMP board meeting
• A full page coverage of some of the activities of the Tehran Peace Museum on Page 6
Click here to download the newsletter in PDF format and find out more about the programs and activities of the INMP and museums for peace around the world.
Iranian Chemical Weapons victims and Tehran Peace Museum delegation in The Hague
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A delegation of the Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support (SCWVS) and representatives from the Tehran Peace Museum will attend the annual Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) conference of the State Parties in the Hague, Netherlands from 2-6 December, 2013.
The OPCW conference, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013, is an important forum, particularly in light of the recent chemical attacks in Syria, which recently joined the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).