Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor

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Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
FoundedNovember 2011; 9 years ago (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 Rights Monitor (commonly known as Euro-Med Monitor and sometimes as Euro-Med HRM[1][2]) 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.[3][4]

Richard Falk, the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on "the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967",[5][6] serves as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.[7][8][9][10]

In 2015, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (under the name Euromid Observer for Human Rights) and it's chairman were accused of having ties with Hamas.[11]In March 2015, the Israeli Ministry of Defense declared "Euromid Observer For Human Rights" an unlawful association and in January 2016, added the name Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor to the declaration.[12][better source needed]On October 1, 2020, Euro-Med Monitor complained, in a speech before the United Nations Human Rights Council, about an Israeli campaign aimed at impeding the world of human rights organizations, including preventing Amnesty International’s officer Laith Abu Ziyad from accompanying his mother to East Jerusalem to attend her chemotherapy sessions, deporting Omar Shakir, Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and the continued harassment of Euro-Monitor’s chairman, Ramy Abdu, and some of its staff.[13]

As of 21 May, 2021, the United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations postponed action on the group's application for consultative status "as the representative of Libya requested details about the outcome of its research into human rights violations in his country and how it managed to deploy 60 researchers without the recognition of local authorities"[14] and on 2 September, 2021 again postponed action "as the representative of Bahrain asked about the contractual relationship with another group and funding,"[15]

Foundation[]

Euro-Mediterranean Human Right Monitor was founded by Ramy Abdu[16][17][18] 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.

Management[]

The Euro-Med Monitor’s strategic direction is guided by a Board of Trustees, which includes professionals from the human rights sector including professors, academics, lawyers, advisors and international activists. Richard A. Falk is the Chairman of the board of trustees;[19] members are: Christine Chinkin, Noura Erakat,[20] Celso Amorim, Lisa Hajjar,[21] Tareq Ismael,[22] John V. Whitbeck and Tanya Cariina Newbury-Smith. [23][24]

In 2020, Maha Hussaini, a Euro-med director[25][26] has won the Martin Adler Prize, awarded by the prestigious Rory Peck Trust, for her reporting for Middle East Eye from Gaza.[27][28]

Projects[]

We Are Not Numbers was a storytelling project launched in February 2015 by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. The project brings 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.[29] The project has received coverage by international media.[30][31][32][33]

Publications[]

Euro-Med Monitor regularly publishes reports on many different topics relating to the human rights situation in Europe and MENA, including,

Migrants and Refugees[]

In September 2021, Euro-Med Monitor and ImpACT International documented widespread state-sponsored violations of human rights against African migrant workers in the UAE. The two organizations released a report based on about 100 interviews with migrant workers from African countries who confirmed that the authorities carried out a massive campaign of arrests against about 800 African workers in the country.[34][35] [36] In January 2021, the Euro-Med Monitor released a report alleging that the Frontex was involved in illegal pushbacks of migrants and asylum seekers in the Mediterranean.[37] In December 2020, the Euro-Med Monitor released a study in cooperation with the York University to address the risks that refugees with disabilities in Turkey face, including lack of adequate care and social services.[38] In December 2017, the Euro-Med Monitor and Amsterdam International Law Clinic issued a report on the legal position of ‘Stateless Persons’ in the EU, shedding light on the EU’s laws concerning stateless persons.[39] In September 2014, the Euro-Med Monitor revealed information about the fate of hundreds of migrants after their ship wrecked in the Mediterranean,[40]

Arbitrary Detention[]

In April 2021, a group of 22 influential academics signed a Euro-Med Monitor petition demanding the government of Saudi Arabia to release former minister Abdulaziz Al-Dakhil.[41] In July 2020, the Euro-Med Monitor released a report on Jordanian government measures against teachers, including arresting teachers’ syndicate leaders and shutting down the syndicate.[42] In March, 2021, the group organized a letter to UK authorities signed by 15 UK MPs and peers to highlight the case of Michael Smith, detained in Dubai. The Independent quoted Dr. Tanya Newbury-Smith, a Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor trustee, as saying: "There has been strong backlash against Dubai over its detention and treatment of Princess Latifa, and her case is one of many."[43]

References[]

  1. ^ "Euro-Med HRM: Saudi Arabia has forcibly disappeared 3 Libyans". Middle East Monitor. December 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "Euro-Med HRM calls for disclosure of maps for mine sites in Libya".
  3. ^ "Who We Are". Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations". uia.org.
  5. ^ "OHCHR | Special Rapporteur on Palestinian territories occupied since 1967". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Staff, The New Arab (April 9, 2021). "Israel's refusal to cooperate with ICC 'admission of war crimes', says rights group". english.alaraby.co.uk.
  8. ^ "No more family visits for Gazans imprisoned in Israel". Mondoweiss. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  9. ^ "Netanyahu at War, Stuck in the Dominant Paradigm". CounterPunch.org. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  10. ^ Observer, Euromid. "Euro-Med announces changes in its administrative and executive structure". Euro-Mid. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  11. ^ "Israel Intercepts Flotilla Heading to Gaza". Center for Security Policy. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Ministry of Defense amends a declaration of an Unlawful Association". Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  13. ^ "Israel targets rights defenders, UN Council hears". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  14. ^ "Non-Governmental Organizations Committee Recommends 52 Groups for Consultative Status, Defers Action on 68 Others, as 2021 Session Continues | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
  15. ^ "Non-Governmental Organizations Committee Recommends 22 Entities for Consultative Status, Defers Action on 65 Others, as It Continues Resumed Session | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
  16. ^ "Ramy Abdu | OHRH". Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  17. ^ "Author Page". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  18. ^ "As MENA States Grow Increasingly Repressive, Businesses Should Lead Reform". Middle East Centre. 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  19. ^ "Dead Zone: Euro-Med documents breakdown of life in Gaza during 14 years of blockade". WAFA Agency.
  20. ^ "Euro-Med Monitor Report: Suffocation and Isolation…15 Years of Israeli Blockade on Gaza – – IMEMC News".
  21. ^ https://www.soc.ucsb.edu/faculty/lisa-hajjar
  22. ^ "Department of Political Science | University of Calgary". poli.ucalgary.ca.
  23. ^ "MPs demand government action to help Briton with HIV locked up in UAE for a decade despite pardon". The Independent. 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  24. ^ "Tanya Cariina Newbury-Smith | University of Exeter - Academia.edu". exeter.academia.edu.
  25. ^ Monitor, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights. "Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor - Maha Hussaini". Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.
  26. ^ "Author Page". openDemocracy.
  27. ^ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/maha-hussaini-martin-adler-prize-win-rory-peck-trust
  28. ^ "Euro-Med Monitor: Israel's halting of mail delivery from/to Gaza unacceptable collective punishment". www.una-oic.org.
  29. ^ "The Many Faces of Nonviolence - We Are Not Numbers". Nonviolence International.
  30. ^ "'We Are Not Numbers' shares the daily struggles and triumphs of Palestinian life". Mondoweiss. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  31. ^ "We Are Not Numbers". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  32. ^ "Deported: Israel's war against Palestine solidarity activists". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  33. ^ "Israel bans right activist from entering Gaza". Days of Palestine. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  34. ^ Foundation, Thomson Reuters. "Hundreds of Africans detained, deported from Abu Dhabi". news.trust.org. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  35. ^ "'They told us they hate Africans': Hundreds detained, deported from Abu Dhabi". Reuters. 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  36. ^ "Report show how UAE 'brutalise and deport' some Nigerians and oda Africans". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  37. ^ Williamson, David (2021-01-17). "EU's border force accused of breaking human rights laws on migrant boat actions". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  38. ^ "The Risks That Refugees with Disabilities Face in Turkey: How to Mitigate Risks and Challenges to Shape an Apt Humanitarian Response - Turkey". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  39. ^ "Euro-Med Monitor report on 'stateless persons' in Europe". BriefEurope. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  40. ^ Akram, Fares; Kershner, Isabel (2014-09-20). "Fleeing Gaza, Only to Face Treachery and Disaster at Sea". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  41. ^ Editor, David Maddox, Sunday Express Political (2021-05-18). "Academics demand Saudi releases an ex-minister who complained about human rights abuses". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-15.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  42. ^ Amman, Jassar al-Tahat. "Jordan arrests hundreds of teachers after violent clashes". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  43. ^ "MPs demand government action to help Briton with HIV locked up in UAE for a decade despite pardon". The Independent. March 7, 2021.

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