Amman Center for Human Rights Studies :: English Version

Seminar on the procedures of litigation and ways of activating these Procedures Fair coverage of the elections in Qatar A workshop on the "Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council" ACHRS & Petra - The role of the media in strengthening human rights ACHRS begins restructuring itself and upgrading regulations in on the basis of the Institutional system Judges and jurists demand curbs on the enforcement of the capital punishment (Death Penalty) Recommendations of the second seminar of dialogue on the social Security law

Recommendations of the second seminar of dialogue on the social Security law

Judges and jurists demand curbs on the enforcement of the capital punishment (Death Penalty)

ACHRS begins restructuring itself and upgrading regulations in on the basis of the Institutional system

ACHRS & Petra - The role of the media in strengthening human rights

A workshop on the "Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council"

Fair coverage of the elections in Qatar

Seminar on the procedures of litigation and ways of activating these Procedures

Amman Centre meets a Danish delegation and another from Harvard University.

Joint Cooperation Agreement Between the [ACHRS] And the Mauritanian Society For Sustainable Development

first meeting of the Board of Directors in the Arab Association for Democracy

ACHRS launched its new website that covers the activities of the Jordanian House of Representatives

A book publishing (Studies on the death penalty and the right to life in the Arab world)

The ACHRS has participated in the Workshop and Public Event on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council

The ACHRS in the CONGO 23rd General Assembly

Jordanian Coalition against the Death Penalty determining its action plan for next year

The Amman Center graduates two training courses at the Universities of Al Hussein and Al Tufayla

The Amman center finishes educational training course on elections and human rights in Al Rome Orthodox Church.

The ACHRS concluded a training course on human rights and election monitoring

The Amman Center ends two training courses on elections and human rights in Amman.

Amman Center ends educational training course at the Princess Taghreed Exploratory School.

The Amman Center graduates the 13th and 14th training courses on human rights and elections

Training on Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming targeting Amman Center for Human Rights Studies executed by the Euro – Mediterranean Human Rights Network ( EMHRN)

Call on heads of States of the European Union

Penal Reform International Job Vacancies

FIDH: NGO Coalition Welcomes Historic Decision: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Track to have Equal Footing with Other International Human Rights Law

FIDH Press Release: Japan/Death penalty: execution without prior notice of three death row inmates

Ongoing judicial and administrative harassment against Mr. Mazen Darwish

Closing Speech of the EU Ambassador to Jordan

Video Advocacy course held at ACHRS

Israel: Refugees and Asylum seekers in danger

The UN and human rights; A screaming start

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Press release: European Union (EU) – Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Placing human rights at the centre of EU-GCC relations

Election of 15 members of the Human Rights Council

Discussion round on the proposed Social Security Bill

ACHRS releases its newsletter for the first quarter of 2008

Recommendations of the Academic Freedom in Arab Universities Conference

FIDH, EMHRN, OMCT, CDF: Death Penalty / Saudi Arabia Four Syrian beheaded, hundreds still under the threat of execution in Saudi Arabia

Conclusion of a training session On human rights held for the employees of the Jordanian House of Representatives

ACHRS Report on the Death Penalty in the Arab World in 2007

Representatives from Padova University visit ACHRS

Joint Cooperation Agreement Between the Amman Center For Human Rights Studies [ACHRS] and Justice for Prisoners (Iraq)

THE WORLD COALITION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY CALLS ON PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS TO DECLARE AN OFFICIAL MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY AND NOT TO RATIFY THA’ER RMAILAT’S DEATH SENTENCE

EMHRN: A required duty of action

FIDH: Open Letter to Members of the Security Council Concerning Detentions in Iraq

ACHRS concludes a workshop on media laws for journalists

Members of Swedish universities visit ACHRS

Conclusion of a training session on the monitoring of elections held for local monitors in Kuwait

Conclusion of a Training Session of Trainers to Monitor Iraqi elections

The 2nd International Conference on Academic Freedom ends successfully with the foundation of the Arab Society for Academic Freedom and the publication of a document of Recommendations on Academic Freedom in the Arab World.

OHCHR Welcomes the Arab Charter on Human Rights with Reservations

International Conference on Citizenship in an Enlarged Europe: Contribution of Economic Social and Cultural Rights

The Arab Coalition against the Death Penalty (ACADP) expresses deep concern on the coming into force of the Arab Charter on Human Rights containing provisions allowing death penalty for children.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Resigns

Egypt: The Court of Appeal Vacates the Imprisonment Judgment Against Mr. Kamal Abbas

PCHR weekly report: Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

UN Moratorium on the use of the death penalty

An ACHRS SPECIAL REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS IN JORDAN

The conditions and problems of agriculture and farmers in Egypt during 2007

The Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) Project

Iraqi cabinet approves bill to free prisoners

One Year Imprisonment For Mr. Kamal Abbas CTUWS’ General Coordinator For Publishing Corruption Cases

Kamal Abbas lawsuit was taken up

ACHRS welcomes and applauds the UN Resolution on a Moratorium on the use of the Death Penalty and salutes Algeria's positive vote on the Draft Resolution

Syria: Human Rights Groups attack activists' bans

Tunisia: An uncriticised success

One Year Imprisonment for Publishing Corruption Cases

Press Release of the Habitat International Coalition

Freedom of expression in Egypt

Open Letter of FIDH to the President of the Syrian Arab Republic

Training on Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming targeting Amman Center for Human Rights Studies executed by the Euro – Mediterranean Human Rights Network ( EMHRN)

A two- days training course on Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming (GM) was executed in Amman – Jordan on July 16-17, 2008 by the Gender Working Group / Euro – Mediterranean Human Rights Network ( EMHRN).

Iraqi refugees crisis: more has to be done according to International Crisis Group

A recent report issued by International Crisis Group call for the need of more action for the protection of Iraqi refugees in Jodan, Syria and Lebanon.

Call on heads of States of the European Union

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Press Release

Departing Rights Official Raised Volume on Issues

GENEVA — She has been doing a job with a mandate that many would call impossible: to safeguard human rights around the globe. Yet as Louise Arbour steps down after four years as the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, she is not entirely pessimistic.

Job Vacancies at Penal Reform International

New openings for Jobs et the MENA regional office of Penal Reform International

The Jordanian Landlords and Tenants Law The Right to Adequate Housing

Please click for the full report of the study conducted by ACHRS and prepared by Teale Toweill, Hannah Simpson and Ahmad Amara on the Jordanian Landlords and Tenants Law and The Right to Adequate Housing.

Human Rights Watch Letter to Jordanian Prime Minister Dahabi on the Draft NGO and Public Assembly Laws

We write to urge you to withdraw the current draft laws on charitable societies (NGO Law) and public gatherings (Assembly Law) from consideration of the House of Deputies and the House of Senators respectively because they are in clear violation of international human rights standards

Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.

Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.

All rights reserved © 2005 by Amman Center For Human Rights Studies
Amman – Al-Abdali – Sharaf Building Tele fax : 00962-6-4655043 Email : achrs@achrs.org