EuroMediterranean Human Rights Network

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Origin
• Established in 1997
• In response to the Barcelona Declaration and the
  establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean
  Partnership (EMP)

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Missions
• To promote and strengthen human rights and
  democratic reform within the framework of the
  Barcelona Process and EU-Arab cooperation
  frameworks.

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Missions
• To develop and strengthen partnerships between
  NGOs in the EuroMed region
• To disseminate the values of human rights

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Key Values
• Recognition of the fundamental universality,
  indivisibility and interdependency of human
  rights
• Respect for democratic principles and the rule of
  law
• Security as a guarantee of human dignity

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Key Values
• Freedom of expression, assembly and association
• Gender equality and the importance of actively
  promoting the rights of women and their right to
  participate in public life
• Dialogue and the promotion of intercultural
  understanding

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Main Objectives
• To support and publicize the universal principles
  of human rights in the Partner States and in the
  Middle East
• To highlight the abuses of rights from whatever
  source
• To assess the EUs performance in its relations
  with countries from the South.

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Main Objectives
• To support the development of democratic
  institutions
• To support, assist and coordinate the efforts of
  its members in monitoring respect for human
  rights in partner countries,
• To set up and support the necessary structures
  and mechanisms to achieve the objectives

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• The Network today
• Over 80 members
• Organisation for the protection of human rights,
  institutions and individuals
• Over 30 countries represented

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Members
• Regular members
• National or regional non-governmental
  organisations
• Academic institutions or national human rights
  institutions

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Members
• Regular members
• From one of the 27 Partner States (or potential
  Partner States of the EMP)
• Independant, non-partisan
• Active in at least on of the human rights issues
  contained in the Barcelona Declaration.

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Members
• Associate members
• Organisations or institutions from non-Partner
  States
• Organisations or institutions that are not able
  to join the Network as full and active members

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Structure
• General Assembly
• Executive Committee
• Secretariat
• Structure based on the principle of North-South
  and gender equality

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Structure
• Copenhagen-based Secretariat
• Bureau in Brussels
• Branches in Rabat and Amman

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Activities
• Exchange and dialogue between members
• Assistance to members
• Lobbying activities
• Members capacity building

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Activities
• Publication of training material
• Production of educative tools
• Production of reports (3 languages)

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Activities
• Two programmes
• Human Rights and Democracy
• Gender
• Independance of the Judiciary
• Freedom of Association
• Human Rights Education

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Activities
• Two programmes
• Human Rights and Democracy
• Human Rights and Human Security
• Human Rights and the Middle East conflict
• Economic and social rights

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

• Achievements
• Credibility
• Political influence
• Strengthening of the involvement of Civil Society
  in political decision-making in the region
• Strengthening of relations between Human Rights
  Organisations in Europe and in the Mediterranean

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network