EuroMed Rights

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EuroMed Rights
AbbreviationEuroMed Rights  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Established1997  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (26 years ago)
Types nonprofit organization   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Legal statusnon-profit organisation  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Aim human rights   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Headquarters Copenhagen   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Location Mediterranean Basin   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
CountryDenmark  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Revenue4,043,547 euro (2019)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website euromedrights.org   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

EuroMed Rights, formerly the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network is a network of 68 human rights organisations, institutions and individuals based in 30 countries in Europe and the Mediterranean region. [1] It was established in 1997 in response to the Barcelona Declaration, which led to the establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. [2]

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The members of EuroMed Rights admit to universal human rights principles and are convinced of the value of cooperation and dialogue across and within borders. EuroMed Rights promotes networking, cooperation and development of partnerships between human rights NGOs, activists and a wider civil society.

Aims and achievements

EuroMed Rights was created in relation to the existence of the inter-governmental Euromediterranean Partnership (EMP), and in particular, the Barcelona Process proposed by the EMP. EuroMed Rights' role is primarily as an intermediary between governmental institutions and grassroots human rights organisations. It received most of its funding during its first years from governmental sources and is closely linked to the EuroMed Civil Forums that constitutes a relatively government-linked alternative to the grassroots Alternative Mediterranean Conference that was organised in 1995. As of 2008, EuroMed Rights had become well recognised both by European Union (EU) institutions and NGOs. Its activities range from communication among NGO members and activist campaigning through to lobbying of institutions.

EuroMed Rights describes itself as a regional forum for human rights NGOs and a pool of expertise on promotion, protection and strengthening of human rights. Its online library is an important collection of press releases, statements, open letters and reports about the Euro-Mediterranean region.

It states that it brings people together in inter-cultural settings to promote dialogue and understanding, with stress on the following subjects: [3]

History

Structure

EuroMed Rights (formerly known as the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network) has the following members: [5]

CountryOrganisation
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Coalition of families of the disappeared in Algeria (CFDA)
Algerian league for the defence of human rights (LADDH)
National autonomous union of public administration staff (SNAPAP)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Bruno Kreisky Foundation for Human Rights
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Center for legal aid – voice in Bulgaria
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Mediterranean Institute for Gender Studies at University of Nicosia
Action for equality, support, antiracism (KISA)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic People in Need
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Danish Institute for Human Rights
Dignity
The Danish center for research and information on gender, equality and diversity (KVINFO)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Andalus institute for tolerance and anti-violence studies (AITAS)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Tampere Peace Research Institute at University of Tampere
Flag of France.svg  France Tunisian federation for a two banks citizenship
Human Rights League - LDH (France)
National federation solidarity with women (FNSF)
Education League
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Greek Committee for International Democratic Solidarity
Greek council for refugees (GCR)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 80:20 Education and Acting for a Better World
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Palestine.svg  Occupied Palestinian Territories
The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (ADALAH)
Arab Association for Human Rights
B'Tselem
Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
Al-Haq
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Women’s centre for legal aid and counseling (WCLAC)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy ARCI Association
Italian Refugee Council
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Amman Center for Human Rights Studies
Sisterhood is Global Institute
ARDD – legal aid organization
Mizan law group for Human Rights
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Palestinian Human Rights Organization in Lebanon
Institute for Human Rights (IHR) – Beirut Bar Association
Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH)
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies at University of Malta
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Western Sahara
Democratic association of women from Morocco (ADFM)
Moroccan Association of Human Rights
Espace Associatif
Moroccan Organisation of Human Rights
Adala
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Portuguese human rights league – civitas (LPDHC)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain CEAR – Spanish commission for refugees
Institute of Human Rights of Catalonia (IDHC)
Federation of associations for the defence and the promotion of human rights (FADPHR)
SUDS – internacionalisme solidaritat feminismes
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Kvinna till Kvinna
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria Committees for the Defense of Democracy Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies
Damascus Center for Theoretical and Civil Rights Studies
The Syrian organization for human rights (SWASIAH)
Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Tunisian Association of the Democratic Women
Tunisian Human Rights League
Committee for the Respect of Freedom and Human Rights in Tunisia
Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Human Rights Association (Turkey)
Citizen Assembly
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRCEW)
Human Rights Centre at University of Essex
Solicitors international human rights group (SIHRG)
Regional Members European association for the defence of human rights (AEDH)
Arabic network for human rights information (ANHRI)
Arab institute for human rights (AIHR)
Collectif 95 – Maghreb Egalité
Cairo institute for human rights studies (CIHRS)
African and Middle East refugee assistance (AMERA)
Associate Members Amnesty International (EU Office)
International Federation of Human Rights
Human Rights Watch
World Organisation Against Torture
Women’s international league for peace and freedom (WILPF)
International bar association’s human rights institute (IBAHRI)
Norwegian Helsinki Committee
[www.apt.ch Association for the prevention of torture (APT)]

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References

  1. "EuroMed Rights". NGO Monitor. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. "Euro-Med Rights". Human Rights Defense Network. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. "17 Avril: La journée internationale des prisonniers palestiniens marquée par l'augmentation de torture, mauvais traitements et de détention administrative". EuroMed Rights (in French). Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  4. van Hüllen, Vera (November 2008). "Transnationalising Euromediterranean Relations: The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network as an Intermediary Actor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2010-06-28. (cover page)
  5. "Members Archive". EuroMed Rights. Retrieved 2019-06-28.