About Us

Justice for the Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI)

Who we are:

We are an association of families of victims of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran and expert human rights lawyers and human rights defenders representing these families, seeking to obtain justice for the victims of human rights violations and extra-legal executions in Iran.

Our Objectives:

The JVMI is a not-for-profit centre for research and documentation based in London.

At JVMI, we believe impunity emboldens the perpetrators of crimes against humanity and weakens the foundations of society. Our prime objective is to raise public awareness, to seek the truth, and to endeavour to bring perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Iran to justice, with special focus on the 1988 massacre. We believe that public awareness will produce the conducive environment for the prosecution of the suspect perpetrators and for securing non-recurrence of such crimes.

We campaign for the United Nations to set up a commission of inquiry into the 1988 massacre to obtain justice for the victims. We further support the global campaign calling for an end to executions in Iran and for the abolition of the death penalty.

JVMI adheres to the aims and objectives of the UN Charter and commits to the principles of international law, particularly international human rights law and international humanitarian law, opposes all forms of discrimination, and unreservedly fights apartheid.

What We Do:

We conduct research, interview surviving victims and former political prisoners, families of the victims and witnesses of violations of human rights and executions in Iran and collect and document related information. We hold meetings and conferences as part of our effort for public awareness. We exchange good practices with other NGOs to promote our objectives. We also communicate with governments and international institutions such as the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UN Human Rights Council, and UN Special Procedures on violations of human rights in Iran that come to the attention of JVMI.