The Declaration of the Establishment of the Damascus Center for the study of Human Rights :Defining the Center: The Damascus Center for the Study of Human Rights is an independent non-governmental organization that has adopted the city of Damascus as its location and works to protect and strengthen human rights. The center aims for the creation and advancement ofthe culture of human rights in society by way of adopting theoretical and academic programs that encompass studies, research, and the holding of conferences, seminars, tutorial classes and courses that ultimately serve the field of human rights.
The Policy of the Center:
The center does not affiliate with any political activities and is not subordinate or belonging to any national, Arab, or International political group; from this starting point the center cooperates with everybody.
The center strives to undertake research and studies that are related to Syrian laws and legal regulations specifically and to Arab and international ones in general, along with the presentation of suggested law projects that are related to international human rights agreements.
The center stands against any kind of human rights violation that is specified by the constitution and/or relevant international agreements.
The center works to achieve its goals by way of the various means of communication and the visual, audio, and written media.
The center works in coordination with the organizations and official agencies that work in the field of human rights inside of Syria, and in no way does it consider itself an alternative to them. The center cooperates with similar orcorresponding organizations and centers in the Arab world, along with international organizations whose goals and starting points are in keeping with the inclinations of the center and its goals.
The center relies for its funding primarily on the donations of its members, the Syrian citizens, and organizations of civil society, and accepts no funding from the government.
The Advisory Committee (in alphabetical order)
Doctor Burhan Ghaliun
Director of The Center for Contemporary Eastern Studies – Sorbonne University – Paris, France
Professor Ba’ee Al Deen Hasn
Director of the Cairo Center for Studies in Human Rights – Cairo, Egypt
Professor A’bd Al Hadi Al Khawaja
Executive Director of The Center of Bahrain for Human Rights – Bahrain
Doctor A’bd Al Husein Sha’ban
Iraq
Doctor Sa’ed
Vice President of The Center of Pyramids for Political and Strategic Studies – Egypt
Doctor Mohammad Malki
Director of The Center for Constitutional and Political Studies – Morocco
Supporters of the Activities of the Center (in alphabetical order)
Akram Al Bunni – writer and activist on The Council for the Revival of Civil Society.
Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria.
Attorney Anwar Al Bunni – President of the Syrian Center for Legal Studies and Research.
Doctor Hasaan A’baas – researcher and university professor.
Husein A’wedat – writer and publisher.
Hamid Mara’I – activist in The Council for the revival of Civil Society in Syria.
Attorney Khalil Ma’tuq – organizer of The Cultural Forum for Human Rights.
Attorney Da’d Mousa – activist in the field of women’s rights.
Rufad Tamu – activist.
A’bas A’bas – writer and translator.
A’bd Al Rahman Al Haj – writer and researcher.
Doctor A’bd Al Rizaq A’id – researcher and university professor.
A’bd Al Kareem Al Rihawi – activist in the field of human rights.
A’dnan Makeya – activist in The Council for the revival of Civil Society.
Doctor A’mar Qurbi – spokesperson for The Arab Organization for Human Rights. A’beda Nahas – Director of The Center of the Arab East in London.
Faiz Sara – writer and researcher.
Attorney Faisal Badr – lawyer and rights activist.
Jad al-kareem jebaee- researcher
Attorney Mahmoud Mura’I – secretary of The Arab Organization for Human Rights.
Mas’oud ‘Aku – writer and activist.
Engineer Munir Al Khateeb – writer and researcher.
Attorney Mohannid Al Husni – president of The Syrian Organization for Human Rights – Suwasiya.
Doctor Mae Al Rahbi – writer and activist in The Council for the Revival of Civil Society.
Michelle Kilo – president of The Center of Freedoms for the Defense of Journalism and Journalists in Syria.
Nasir Al Ghazali – director of The Damascus Center for Theoretical Studies and Civil Rights – Switzerland.
Nahad Nahas – member of The Organization for Human Rights in Syria.
Waleed Sufuur – President of The Syrian Committee for Human Rights.
Participate in the establishment group for the support of the activities of the center by supporting the center with the necessary opinions and consultation to assist its research and academic efforts. Take part in the center’s local, regional, and global conferences, seminars, and academic tutorial classes and give a share in the theoretical and academic support for the center by way of studies, research, articles, and book.
Director of the center: Doctor Radwan Ziyada
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