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).

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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.

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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

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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.

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Job Vacancies at Penal Reform International

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

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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.

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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

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