Palestinian Human Rights Foundation - Monitor

Information and news in the Lebanese interior Ministry 11109/ODB 2007 Licensed by the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Ramallah under resolution (126) number QR-0085-F And it's a member of the following organization: The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information Anna Lindh Euro- Mediterranean foundation for Dialogue between Cultures Defend International Arab Observation against the Death Penalty Arab Coalition for Darfur International Coalition for an International Criminal court About us: We are ordinary citizens; believe deeply in the cause of human rights and the pursuit of justice and equality, and our activist members are dedicated to work in the Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (Monitor) in the Middle East and North Africa and several countries around the world. Among our activist members there are lawyers, journalists, experts and professors specialized in human right issues and international law, and they believe in freedom of speech and equality between people of different nationalities and backgrounds. And we often join our efforts with human rights groups in other countries in support of our common goals. There is a growing section for volunteers who support our efforts. The Palestinian Human Rights foundation (Monitor) is a non-governmental and non-political, non-profitable foundation, and with complete independence. It was created in early 2006 by a group of activists in the field of human rights and refugee issues, with a view teach the principles of human rights and defend them and the refugee issues. We seek to achieve our goals through three main areas: 1. Monitoring and documenting human rights violations. 2. Education of the principles of human rights. 3. Research and studies. In Lebanon: The foundation Works to raise awareness of human rights, in addition to deepening the concept of civil society for the Palestinian refugees, and its directing its efforts to inform all the Lebanese parties of the living conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, and the encouraging effective dialogue in order to activate the process of communication in order to remove the gap among the Lebanese and Palestinian communities. On the other hand, the foundation supports the inclusion of the principles and concepts of human rights as it is mentioned in international laws and conventions in the Lebanese law, especially that Lebanon has signed most international agreement and treaties, which established these principles and confirmed the importance of respecting them, so as to ensure civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of Palestinians refugees in Lebanon until they return back to their homes, which was taken by the Israeli occupation, in accordance with UN resolution 194, confirmed in this regard, assuring the necessity for the international community to force Israel to respect and implement decisions of the United Nations. On The Level of Arab and International: The foundation had announced the opportunities of membership in the foundation at the Arab and international levels, so the foundation have in their group members and general coordinators in several Arab and European countries which represent and work on the behalf of the foundation where they are and within the law .