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Dealing with the past : Memory for the future

02/03/2022

“I became an ambassador of the ‘Right to know’ because the war did not end for the families of the forcibly disappeared, they are still living it and they have the right to know the fate of their loved ones”, said Mohammad Hamoud, a student from Saint Joseph University.

Engaging Religious Actors to Counter Hate Speech

15/11/2021

OHCHR- ROMENA has launched in partnership with the UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect (OSAPG) a booklet on “Engaging Religious Actors to Counter Hate Speech, Prevent Incitement to Violence, and Build Inclusive and Peaceful Societies”.

Monitoring the Right to Food in Lebanon

24/08/2021

The UN Human Rights Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa held today a webinar on Monitoring the Right to Food in Lebanon: towards empowering the youth for a full realization of the right to food amid current and rising insecurities in the country.

Human rights of migrants at international borders in North Africa and the Sahel

27/07/2021

Roueida EL Hage, Regional Representative, OHCHR, MENA Dear audience and colleagues, On behalf of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, I would like to welcome you and to thank you for joining us today for this multi stakeholder workshop on the human rights of migrants at international borders in North Africa and the Sahel.

Focused Videos

30/08/2021

Law 105 in Lebanon on the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared

03/05/2019

The Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression

03/05/2019

Expression is not a crime

Featured Stories

Defining Strategies and Best International Practices for the Protection of Children in Cyberspace

30/06/2022

Together for Human Rights: the importance of the engagement of United Nations Country Teams in Bahrain and UAE with the International Human Rights Mechanisms.

27/09/2021

National Action Plans for Human Rights and the Universal Periodic Review – The Way Forward- Bahrain

29/03/2021

COVID-19: Reflecting on women’s participation and leadership in the Middle East and North Africa Region

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Publications

Freedom of Association in the Middle East and North Africa Region

This report focuses on the right to freedom of association of non-governmental organizations (NGOs…

Freedom of Association

“Freedom of association in the Middle East and North Africa: An overview of trends, challenges and…

Code Of Conduct, General Directorate of General Security

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Being the most translated document in the world, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)…

A defender for a Right

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