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Modernization of Arab Public Prosecution Offices: Related Links: Regional & Int'l NGOs

This section contains the website links for regional and international NGOs. As for National NGOs and Official Websites, they are available from pilot countries pages.

- Regional Sites
- International Sites


* Arab Anti-Corruption Organisation [English] [Arabic] [French]: The Arab Anti-Corruption Organization, a non-profit independent civil institution, seeks to promote transparency and good governance in the Arab World. Through a multitude of programs and publications, the Organziation strives to combat corruption and raise awareness of its damaging impact on political stability and socio-economic development

* Arab Association for Human Rights [English] [Arabic]: The Arab Association for Human Rights was founded in 1988 to promote and protect the political, civil, economic, and cultural rights of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel and to further the domestic implementation of international human rights principles.

* Arab Commission for Human Rights [English] [Arabic] [French]: The Arab Commission for Human Rights is an independent non-governmental organization dedicated to the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the Arab world.

* Arab Council for Childhood and Development [English] [Arabic]: The Arab Council for Childhood and Development is a non-governmental organization that functions in the field of childhood and development in the Arab world. It works toward supporting and coordinating governmental and non-governmental efforts, and toward encouraging ideas, studies, and projects planned for Arab childcare and development, and toward integrating them into the plans and projects for national development.

* Arab Institute for Human Rights Information [English] [Arabic]: An initiative by the Arab Organization for Human Rights and the Union of Arab Lawyers. Founded in 1989 with the support of the United Nations Human Rights Center, UNESCO, UNICEF and the Tunisian Association in Defense of Human Rights

* Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union [English] [Arabic] [French]: Arab-IPU, based in Damascus, Syria, AIPU is an Arab parliamentary organization composed of parliamentary groups representing Arab Parliaments.

* Arab Network for Human Rights Information [Arabic]: A regional non-governmental organization that supports human rights education, trains activists and professionals, and contributes to developing educational materials and programs.

* Arab Organization for Human Rights [English]: The Arab Organization for Human Rights defends the rights of individuals who are subjected to violations and carries out field missions in an effort to release political prisoners.

* Arab Organization for Human Rights [English] [Arabic]: AOHR is a regional non-governmental organization that aims to promote and protect Human Rights in the Arab World in accordance with international standards.

* Arab Penal Reform Organization [English] [Arabic]: A regional non-governmental organization that consists of several human rights advocates in the Arab world. The organization is distinguished by its work on reforming Arab legislative structures and penal systems for the sake of enhancing and defending human rights through establishing bridges of cooperation between the Arab world and international organizations.

* Arab Program for Human Rights Activists [English] [Arabic]: APHRA was established in April 1997 as a public platform for discussions about the problems, needs, and aspirations of activists working in the field of humans rights.

* Arab Regional Chapter of the Global Organization [English]: The Arab chapter of GOPAC was launched during the conference, entitled ‘Parliamentarians against Corruption: Improving Transparency and Accountability in the Arab Region. November 18-20, 2004.

* Arab Regional Chapter of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption [English] [French]: The Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption’s Arab Region Chapter (GOPAC) is a non-profit international organization with the main aim of bringing together parliamentarians and others from the region to combat corruption promote transparency and accountability in order to ensure high standards of integrity in public transactions.

* Arab Sisters Forum for Human Rights [Arabic]: A voluntary, independent, non-governmental women's organization in Yemen which is politically neutral and caters for human rights (Females in particular and people in general).

* Arab Women's Solidarity Association [English]: The association is a progressive organization founded in Egypt in 1982 by Nawal El Saadawi in order to promote Arab women's active participation in social economic cultural and political life.

* Arabic Network for Human Rights Information [English] [Arabic]: The network is a central repository for human rights information and websites in Arabic throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

* Arabic Network for Human Rights Information [English] [Arabic]: The Network depends on the internet to free the activities of human rights organizations from the restrictions they face. It collects the publications, campaigns, reports, and statements of the various human rights organizations.

* Atfal "Children" an arab website for Children's Rights [English] [Arabic] [French]: Aftal.org was launched to serve the Arab Regional Civil Society Forum on Children. It aims to provide space for networking between Arab partners in the Global Movement for Children and Promotes awareness of the situation of children in the Middle East and North Africa.

* Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists [English] [Arabic]: The Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ) is a non-profit non-government organization that seeks to defend the freedom and safety of journalists, improve their skills and empower their access to information. It also seeks to contribute to the amendment and development of the legislations related to freedom of media.

* General Union for Arab Journalists [Arabic]: This union is a popular professional and democratic pan-Arab organization that works towards realizing the national goals of the Arab people. The union supports all economic, political, social and cultural means that help in achieving these goals, safeguarding political freedom and realizing social justice.

* Human Rights Index for the Arab Countries [English] [Arabic]: Provides access in both English and Arabic to the United Nations major instruments of human rights and the Arab countries periodic reports on the progress of their implementation.

* International Labour Organizations - Regional Office for the Arab States [English] [Arabic]: ILO is the UN specialized agency that works to promote social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights It defined the hallmarks of industrial society as the 8-hour day, employment policy, maternity protection, child-labour laws and other policies, which promote workplace safety and peaceful industrial relations.

* League of Arab States [English] [Arabic]: This is the website of the League of Arab States.

* Together to combat the exceptional laws and courts [English] [Arabic]: An Arab movement working to end the state of emergency laws in few Arab countries.

* United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region - Gender & Citizenship Initiative [English] [Arabic]: The G&C initiative works to raise public and media awareness about the gender inequalities that are inherent in key legislations, such as nationality laws and promote overall women's rights in the Arab region.

* United Nations Development Programme - Programme On Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP - POGAR) [English] [Arabic]: UNDP - POGAR is dedicated to the promotion and development of good governance practices and related reforms in the Arab states.

* Women Living Under Muslim Laws [English] [Arabic] [French]: An international solidarity network that provides information, support and a collective space for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam.

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