mercredi 1 juillet 2009
Dépliant AMDH version anglaise
Moroccan Association of Human Rights
A National network of 88 sections
NGO created on June, 24th 1979,
Recognized of public utility by decree n° 2.00.405 of April, 24th 2000.
With the consultative status at the ECOSOC/UNO
Together for a democratic Constitution, Morocco of dignity
And human rights in their entirety for all.
The 8th Congress slogan
OUR OBJECTIVES
The Association works for the preservation of human dignity, the respect for all human rights in their universality and their globality and for the protection, the defense and the promotion of these rights. The Moroccan Association of Human Rights (MAHR) aims notably:
- To raise awareness, diffuse and educate on human rights.
- To Work for ratification by Morocco of all international pacts on human rights, for the integration of their provisions in Moroccan law and its compliance with these pacts and to ensure abiding them by the law.
- To notice, denounce and condemn any human rights violation and work to put an end to them.
- To provide solidarity, uphold and support for the victims of the violations.
OUR PRINCIPLES:
The MAHR action is based on the 6 following principles:
The universality of human rights: the MAHR considers human rights as the patrimony of all humanity that should be a benefit to all human beings. Thereby, the international Human Rights declarations, pacts and conventions constitute the unique referential of its action.
The globality of Human Rights: the MAHR defends human rights in their indivisibility and believes that these rights can’t be effectively and efficiently respected without extending their respect to all fields: political, civil, economic, social and cultural.
The mass Action: The MAHR considers that the action for human rights can not be the work of the elite, but one of all citizens and primarily those who suffer from their violation.
The independence: In its activities, the MAHR is independent of any political organization, whatever its orientation, and any power, whatever its nature.
Democracy: both for its internal activities and for its relations with national and foreign human rights organizations, the MAHR is based on democratic principles; the MAHR also considers that the respect for human rights in their universal and global acceptance can effectively and efficiently take place only within a society where there is political, economic, social and cultural democracy.
The progressist nature of the MAHR: The defense of human rights in accordance with the previous principles objectively categorizes the MAHR among the progressist movement both at the national and international level.
OUR MEANS OF ACTION
To achieve its objectives, the MAHR uses all legal means including:
- The establishment of Reports and memorandum claims.
- The various means and methods of information and communication.
- Conferences, roundtables, symposiums, universities and various training and sensitization activities.
- The artistic, cultural, sportive, recreational and camping activities aiming at spreading the human rights values and standards.
- The establishment of relations, the coordination and the exchange of experiences with any organization with the same objectives within or outside the country.
- The creation of centers related to the MAHR to serve its objectives.
- The intervention to officials and to the concerned responsible in order to protect and ensure the respect of human rights, to support and bring justice to victims of violations.
OUR HISTORY
Since its creation on 24 June 1979, four phases have marked the history of MAHR:
From 1979 to late 1983: the establishment of a number of sections and the beginning of a dynamic action stopped by repression.
From 1984 to 1988: a period of the MAHR activities stagnation and freezing because of repression directed against the Association and against several of its leaders and activists.
From 1988 to late 1991: phase of renewal and implementing the MAHR strategy based on clear principles and trends; holding the 2nd Congress of the MAHR in March 1989 and its 3rd congress in December 1991.
From late 1991 to nowadays: the period of rise and development of the MAHR which held regularly its congresses every 3 years up to the 8th congress held in April 2007.
THE MAHR 8th CONGRESS
It was held from 19 to 23 April 2007 with the participation of 388 members of congress - including 38% of women - 55 observer members of the MAHR and more than 30 heads of friend organizations invited to follow the progress of the congress.
The 8th congress was a great success regarding the number (19) and the quality of the documents (moral and financial reports, amendments of statutes, general resolution and 15 other resolutions and recommendations) adopted in quasi unanimity of members of congress as by the uninominal secret ballot of the Administrative Committee composed of 75 members a third of them are women.
The Administrative Committee elected a Central Bureau composed of 21 members among whom a third is women who in turn elected a woman president, an unprecedented event in the MAHR history.
Fifteen heads of friend organizations from abroad participated to observe the progress of the congress. And in the margin of the congress, the Bureau of the Maghreb Coordination of Human Rights Organizations (CMODH) held a meeting.
OUR ORGANIZATION
The MAHR has nearly 10,000 members at the end of December 2008.
It has 88 sections among which 10 are on the way to be formed across the country and grouped into 8 regional sections.
The National Congress is held every three years and elects an administrative committee whose maximum number is fixed at 75 members. It holds its meeting 4 times a year.
The administrative Committee in turn elects the Central Bureau, and is the executive body of the MAHR; it meets twice a month.
The MAHR aims to reach 15,000 members by 2010. Its activity is based on four key categories: women, youth, workers, Democrat intellectuals. Concerning women’s empowerment, the MAHR has achieved successfully within itself the slogan: "At least one-third of women towards the perspective of equality."
OUR MAIN ACTIVITIES
The MAHR organizes many activities, individually or in collaboration with other organisms, both at the national and local level, the most important ones concern:
Violations of human rights: the MAHR conducts violations monitoring, to take positions and actions to stop them and render justice to victims.
Human rights training: it concerns mainly members of the MAHR, but it is widely open to members of other democratic organizations including human rights organizations.
Human rights education: the MAHR attaches more importance to this activity among young people. A partnership contract was signed with the Ministry of National Education to strengthen this activity.
Outreach activities: By means of these activities, the MAHR is directed towards the general public to raise awareness in the field of human rights; among these activities, there are notably those related to the International Human Rights Day ( December 10th), the national day of women's rights militants (December 11th), the World Day of Migrants (December 18th), the World Day of Women (March 8th), the International Workers' Day (May 1st), the anniversary of MAHR foundation (June 24th), the World Day against Torture (June 26th), the International Death Penalty Abolition Day (October 10th), the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17th), the national day of the disappeared (October 29th), the "International Student's day" (November 17th), the Universal Children's Day (November 20th) and the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (November 29th).
Among the Outreach activities, there are also the Clubs of Human Rights and recreational and educational camps for youth.
Information: the MAHR publishes a monthly newspaper in Arabic specialized in Human Rights ("Attadamoune" Solidarity), and includes a few pages in French.
The MAHR edits an annual report on the human rights situation in Morocco and thematic reports on human rights.
It also publishes booklets and books gathering notably work and results of its congresses or the training workshops and seminars and activities it organizes.
It also issues internal booklets showing the internal debates within the association.
It holds press conferences on the occasion of the annual report's publication and whenever it is needed.
The MAHR has at one’s disposal a Center for Information and Documentation with an important data base and is open to the public.
OUR INTERNAL RELATIONS
• Based on the slogan of "unity of action for human rights defense", the MAHR has continued to strengthen its bilateral relations with many democratic organizations while playing an important role in the various networks and groups engaged in defending human rights in their diversity.
• Our principal partners inside are:
- The civil society organizations, especially general or specialized human rights organizations, trade unions, various democratic associations.
- The democratic political organizations.
- The state departments especially the Ministry of National Education, the State Secretary for Youth, the Ministry of Justice, the Advisory Council of Human Rights.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS
The MAHR is a member of:
- IFHRL: International Federation of Human Rights Leagues.
- EMHRN: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network.
- AOHR: Arab Organization for Human Rights.
- IUHR: Interafrican Union for Human Rights.
- CMODH: the Maghreb Coordination of Human Rights Organizations.
- Habitat International Coalition: Housing and land rights Network
-IADL: International Association of Democratic Lawyers.
Our main foreign partners are:
- EU: European Union.
- OXFAM NOVIB: Dutch NGO.
- ACCD: Catalan Agency for Cooperation and Development.
-AECID: Spanish Agency of International Cooperation and Development.
- ACSUR: Spanish Agency for Cooperation with the South.
- SODEPAU.
- The Fund for Global Human Rights.
- Frederic Ebert Foundation.
- The embassies of democratic countries such as Finland and Norway.
To join the MAHR
- To be engaged to respect the principles, statutes and the internal rules of the MAHR.
- Fill in the Application Form.
- All applicants for membership must be sponsored by two members of the Association.
The price of annual membership card is 100 dh but only 50 dh for incomes below 2000 dh per month and € 30 for Moroccan citizens residing in Europe.
MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU (21)
- President: Khadija RYADI.
- Vice-presidents: Abdelhamid AMINE and Abdelilah BEN ABDESLAM.
- Secretary General: Abdellatif MOUSTAGHFIR.
- Secretary General Assistant: Samira KINANI.
- Treasurer: Taïb MADMAD.
- Treasurer Assistant: Mohamed SADKO.
Assessors: Naïma GUELLAF, Atika ETTAIF, Fatima Zahra ZERMOUK, Fathia ELYACOUBI, Fatiha MESBAHI, Abdellah MASDAD, Mohamed BENYOUB, Ali AMAR, Hassan AHARRAT, Abdessalam ASSAL, Ahmed EL HAIJ, Ali TABJI, Hamid BOUHADDOUNI, Mohamed KHATTAB.
March 2008
Commentaires
Poster un commentaire
Rétroliens
URL pour faire un rétrolien vers ce message :
http://www.canalblog.com/cf/fe/tb/?bid=78855&pid=14259077
Liens vers des weblogs qui référencent ce message :
