Throughout history, the rights of minorities and their organized violation have presented a real problem with respect to international law. Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states: "In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practice their own religion, or to use their own language." According to Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: "genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group;". Unfortunately today we see the unfolding of violence and religious extremism more than any other time in the history of Islam; gaining momentum on a daily basis. The region of the Middle East is burning in the flames of violence and in particular sectarian violence. These tragic events are unfolding whilst, human rights institutions, academics and intellectuals in the West either do not want to or are unable to prevent these catastrophes from advancing. Sadly the basic notions of logic and moderation do not have any supporters among those whom are exponents of arbitrariness and barbarism, the very people who have unjustly turned the Middle East into their battle ground. Today we are in a situation where we should not limit our human rights concerns to a specific geographical region, we must take into account the world as a whole using the international arena as our platform. Thus we must concordantly take action, because an effective response to violence requires the cooperation of all countries. A year ago, the then president elect of Iran warned the world about the institutionalization of violence and religious extremism, in a draft resolution in the UN General Assembly which was later approved. Once again we draw the attention of this Council to the contents of the resolution. However, considering the ratified international conventions and other signed antiterrorism documents, there exists, still an unanswered question: Have these documents been put into force? Unfortunately so far it seems that the only solution to the problem of dealing with the massacres in terror campaigns has been to neglect such incidents. Targeted and careless sanctions disregard the slaughter of innocent civilians. Turning a blind eye to such form of terrorism has been the only decision made against such acts of violence. The consequence of this passivity is that the criminals are progressively getting bolder and continue to massacre civilians and violate human rights unabated. For the prevention of the ongoing violence, the Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) gives the following recommendations: 1 - The roots of violence must be detected both theoretically and practically, and the “World against Violence and Extremism” slogan must change to “the Culture of Confrontation with Religious Extremism”. 2 – Risk factors for violence such as poverty, inequality of income, discrimination, injustice and feelings of humiliation must be eliminated. At the international level, it is not realistic to request states to develop peaceful political relations with each other whilst some States benefit from welfare and others are suffering from poverty. Poverty breeds negative sensitivity and when this sensitivity is created, it is not possible to live in harmony. 3 - The suitable and worthy realization of the rights of minorities: if in a society, minorities have little participation and would like to play an active role, then they must be provided with equal opportunities to have more social, political and cultural participation, reduce their deprivations, and advance themselves as a group enjoying their basic human rights.