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Foundation for Human & Humanitarian Rights Lebanon
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Foundation for Human and Humanitarian Rights
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Address
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Starco Building Block A, 9th Floor, Office # 921, Down Town Beirut- Lebanon.
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Lebanon
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Tel
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+9611369813
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+961-1-369813
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Email
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fhhrl@fhhrl.org |
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Contact Person
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Wa’il Kheir
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Member of EMHRN
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1998
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Mandate
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We are committed to defend human rights and humanitarian laws, dedicated to promote freedom and equality, and devoted to advocate values of democracy in Lebanon.
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Lebanon
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The Foundation for Human and Humanitarian Rights (Lebanon) was founded in 1989 by a group of concerned Lebanese. It is an independent non-governmental human rights organization. The original founding group had 6 Jurists (4 were at the time senior judges) and many university professors, journalists and intellectuals at large. The motive behind founding the FHHRL was the then protracted Lebanese war which gave the founders a firm conviction that peace in Lebanon takes human rights more than just a cessation of hostilities. The post‑war Lebanon should be founded on firm bases. The act of association describes the FHHRL as an "inter‑state, inter-faith, inter‑party and inter‑ethnic forum". It goes on to highlight four fields of activities: monitoring, examining laws, advocacy and education. In the years which followed, other activities were added: women, youth, environment, and as of June 2001 a section was set up for the Lebanese detainees from Syrian and Israeli prisons.
Nowadays, the FHHRL enjoys general recognition as the leading human rights organization in Lebanon. It earned this reputation out of its unbending opposition to all forms of violations of human rights. |
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