Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (commonly known as Euro-Med HRM) is an independent, nonprofit organization for the protection of human rights. Its main objective is to raise the level of awareness toward human rights law in the area and to influence the international community to take action against human rights violators.[1]

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
MottoIt is important to continue the struggle despite frustrations and disappointment based on an ultimate faith in the triumph of justice.
FoundedNovember 2011 (2011-11)
FounderRamy Abdu
TypeNon-profit
INGO
HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland
Location
ServicesProtecting human rights
FieldsLegal advocacy, Media attention, direct-appeal campaigns, research, lobbying
Websiteeuromedmonitor.org

Euro-Mediterranean Human Right Monitor is frequently quoted by major news media, such as AlJazeera, BBC, France 24, about rights violations during armed conflicts, particularly in the MENA region.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Richard Falk, the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on "the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967",[11][12] serves as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.[13][14][15]

Euro-med HRM activity has been outlawed in Israel since 2016 by Ministry of Defence decree and now listed as a prohibited organization. [16]

Foundation

Euro-Mediterranean Human Right Monitor was founded by Ramy Abdu in November 2011 in Geneva, where it maintains its headquarters, facilitating access to European institutions of governance and law, who are its primary targets and audience.

Board of Trustees

The Euro-Med Monitor’s strategic direction is guided by the Board of Trustees. Meeting at least once a year, the board also contributes to strategic planning. The Board is made up of eminent experts from the world of human rights including professors, leading academics, legal experts, advisors and international activists. Richard A. Falk is the Chairman of the board of trustees; members are: Christine Chinkin, Noura Erakat, Celso Amorim, Lisa Hajjar, Tareq Ismael, and John V. Whitbeck.

Projects

We Are Not Numbers was a storytelling project launched in February 2015 by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. The project brings promising young writers from Gaza, who write in English, and provides them with workshops on writing stories and articles, social media, and how to approach a western audience. The project has received wide attention and coverage by media, both locally and internationally, making it a source of inspiration for many young writers who are interested in creative and meaningful writing.[17][18][19][20]

Ramy Abdu, founder of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor

Allegations

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has been accused of having ties with several political organizations, such accusations have always been rejected by the Monitor, stressing that their mission is purely humanitarian.[21]

References
  1. "Who We Are". Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  2. "Report slams Israel's 'squandering' of aid to Palestine". ALJAZEERA. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. "Israel slammed over its 'war on NGOs'". ALJAZEERA. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. "Israel rabbi to paramedics: 'Leave Palestinians to die'". ALJAZEERA. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  5. "The value of Palestinian life is clear in Israel". Middle East Monitor. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  6. "Copenhagen conference warns of dangerous rise in human rights abuse in Palestine". Middle East Monitor. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  7. "Gaza Speaks: This is what the decade-long siege has done to us". Middle East Monitor. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  8. "Human rights groups condemn Algeria's stance on Assad violations". Middle East Monitor. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  9. "Gaza suicide rates to rise". Middle East Monitor. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  10. "Israeli home demolitions break records, shatter lives in 2016". Palestine News Network. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  11. "OHCHR | Special Rapporteur on Palestinian territories occupied since 1967". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  12. "Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk (A/HRC/25/67) [EN/AR] - occupied Palestinian territory". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  13. "No more family visits for Gazans imprisoned in Israel". Mondoweiss. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  14. "Netanyahu at War, Stuck in the Dominant Paradigm". CounterPunch.org. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  15. Observer, Euromid. "Euro-Med announces changes in its administrative and executive structure". Euro-Mid. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  16. "Ministry of Defense amends a declaration of an Unlawful Association". Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  17. "'We Are Not Numbers' shares the daily struggles and triumphs of Palestinian life". Mondoweiss. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  18. "We Are Not Numbers". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  19. "Deported: Israel's war against Palestine solidarity activists". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  20. "Israel bans right activist from entering Gaza". Days of Palestine. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  21. "Israel Intercepts Flotilla Heading to Gaza". Center for Security Policy. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

See also
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