At the EU Parliament: Workshop on Human Rights in the Arab World

WORKSHOP

SUB-COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS

HUMAN RIGHTS

IN THE ARAB WORLD:

FOCUS ON THE ARAB

CHARTER

ON HUMAN RIGHTS

as part of the

ARAB WEEK

of the EUROPEAN YEAR OF INTER-CULTURAL DIALOGUE

Chairman: Hélène Flautre

Monday, 3/11/2008

AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN BRUSSELS

Taieb Baccouche, Director for the Arab Institute of Human Rights
Driss El Yazami, Secretary General, FIDH
Bahey eldin Hassan, Director Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS)

The Arab Institute for Human Rights was established in 1989. In addition to its role as an organization entrusted with human rights, the Institute is represented in all Arab countries. Its inception came as a response to an initiative taken by three Arab organizations: the Arab Human Rights Organization, the Union of Arab Lawyers and the Tunisian League for the Protection of Human Rights.

The Arab Institute for Human Rights was established to help provide an educational and cultural tool that would reinforce the human rights movement and implement its agenda through the dissemination of human rights culture and values.



Hassan Aydinli, ITF Europe Representative attended this workshop.