The Palestinian Human Rights Organization (PHRO)
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Profile The Palestinian Human Rights Organization - PHRO is an independent Human
Rights NGO, established in 1997 and recognized in Lebanon under registration
no. 36/AD. The PHRO works for promoting, protecting and defending the rights
of the Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon. The PHRO is member of the
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and of the Euro
Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN). |
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Human Rights Education and Raising Awareness The PHRO plans, prepares and conducts training programs and activities, often in collaboration with other NGOs and educational organizations. Recent areas of focus include:
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Within this program, the PHRO’s network of human rights monitors document individual and group human rights violations cases in the Palestinian refugee camps and gatherings in Lebanon. These efforts are a part of an overall aim to: 1) keep track of the pressures exerted by the host state and the political parties which govern camps, and 2) strengthen refugee voices in the face of refugee rights and human rights infractions. The PHRO attempts to back cases and bring solutions to alleviate daily suffering and to bring about change in the socio-economic conditions of refugees. It is noteworthy to mention that this program observes the violations that the Palestinian Prisoners (males and females) suffer from within the Lebanese Prisons. Monitoring reports are published individually and also feature in both the Arabic and English and are available on the PHRO website. The Searching section within this program is dedicated to conduct research on areas specific to the current legal and socio-economic status of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, and to produce reports on its findings. Searching is carried out through methods including fact-finding missions in the field, interviews, and information from various actors and groups in both Lebanese and Palestinian society in the country. The Searching reports are disseminated widely to enhance the understanding of the situation of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon | |||||
The PHRO’s advocacy program targets the local and international community to raise their awareness about the Palestinian refugees situations in Lebanon, particularly the social and economic rights, as well as the discriminations they face. The PHRO always hold persuading meetings at local and international decision making levels where we call for resolving this dire situation and deprivation from human rights. awareness of the discrimination facing Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and resolve the. In particular, the PHRO advocacy efforts are directed through:
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In order to narrow the gap between the Palestinian and Lebanese societies, bring about more integration of the two communities, and as a preparation towards holding the Palestinian - Lebanese Dialogue titled “Truth leading to Reconciliation”, the PHRO conducted over 4 successive days during September and October 2005 a Palestinian Debate Meeting titled “What do Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Want?" where the participants whom exceeded 120 representatives from Civil Society Organizations (Civil Associations), popular and syndical Unions and Organizations/Committees and Leagues, representatives from UNRWA, intellectuals, journalists and clerics, as well as social and cultural figures and Members in the Palestinian National Council took part in the meeting’s proceedings which included two main topics: a) What do we want from and to each other as Palestinians? b) What do we want from other parties? The Palestinian Debate Meeting and the ongoing dialogues and discussions with Parliamentary Blocks’ representatives and Decision Makers and Influentials are part of an ongoing program on “Dialogue towards conflict resolution” initiated by PHRO since 2004. As a first step towards resolving the tension between the two communities, and since the PHRO assumes working with Youth, we accomplished the project titled "The Lebanese and Palestinian Youth Dialogue on Conflict Resolution" in partnership with two Lebanese Associations where its initiatives were crowned by publishing an Analysis Study about the challenges and difficulties that faced this dialogue and methodologies to coping with it. | ||||||
Copyright © 2006 Palestinian Human Rights Organization - PHRO
Mar Elias Camp for Palestinian Refugees P.O.Box: 114/5004 Beirut - Lebanon info@palhumanrights.org phro@palhumanrights.org Tel: 00961-1-306740 Tel-Fax: 00961-1-301549 Designed By: Paul Damouni |
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