Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies

National Network
Palestine
Address

بعد الاطلاع على الملفات الخاصة بالمؤسسة من قبل وزارة الداخلية تبين ان هذه المؤسسة تم ايقافها عن العمل وانها غير قانونية
بعد الاطلاع على الملفات الخاصة بالمؤسسة من قبل وزارة الداخلية تبين ان هذه المؤسسة تم ايقافها عن العمل وانها غير قانونية
Albania

Telephone
+972 2 241 3001
Fax
+972 2 241 3002
E-Mail
rchrsmail@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1998
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Gender
  3. Human rights
  4. Media
  5. Religion
  6. Research
  7. Youth and education
General Information

RCHRS is composed of a Board of Directors, a General Assembly, a group of volunteers and its team of paid staff, currently counting five full-time and four part-time employees. Our funding comes from private and public international sources, such as European country representations in Palestine as well as international private grantmaking foundations. Our Center conducts theoretical and applied research, educational programs and workshops and undertakes advocacy work to pursue its objectives.

Mission and Objectives

RCHRS is an independent, secular non-profit organization that advocates for, raises awareness about and documents on themes of human rights, tolerance and democracy in the occupied Palestinian territories and in the MENA region. Its aim is to engender a culture of human rights and tolerance by supporting inter-faith, inter-cultural and non-violent dialogue. The RHRS' agenda revolves around four main themes: 1.) Human rights and Tolerance 2.) Civil Liberties 3.) Educational Rights and Academic Freedom 4.) Democratization and Good Governance. Through a wide network of associated individuals and organizations, RCHRS reaches isolated and marginalized areas.

Main Projects / Activities

Within the Tolerance and Human Rights program, we want to anchor the respect and appreciation of cultural, religious and ethnic diversity in Palestinian society, namely by encouraging a reformatory religious ideology respectful of human rights and pluralism as well as by expanding the concept of secularism. Through the Educational Rights and Academic Freedoms program, we seek to counter the non-democratic trends in educational institutions and to increase the respect of educational and cultural rights in Palestine. We also aim at introducing the values of human rights, tolerance and democracy into student culture as well as to increase the participation of students in political processes. By means of the Civil Liberties program, we want to counter censorship so as to safeguard freedom of expression, encourage media pluralism and increase free access to information which we consider indispensable components of a healthy democracy. The Democratization and Good Governance program's goal is to revitalize the discourse on good governance and accountability of the Palestinian government and other political actors and bring about the secularization of the Palestinian political system By achieving more transparent political institutions, we aspire to foster national dialogue and reconciliation so as to achieve social and political peace in Palestine.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. Iyad Barghouti
Head of the organisation
Dr. Iyad Barghouti