Alkarama
| Founded | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Abdulrahman Al Naimi, Rachid Mesli, Abbas Aroua |
| Type |
NGO Swiss Foundation (2007) |
| Focus |
Extrajudicial killings Enforced disappreances Torture Arbitrary detention |
| Location | |
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Area served
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Arab world |
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Key people
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Mourad Dhina, Executive Director Rachid Mesli, Legal Director Khalid bin Mohammed al-Rabban, President |
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Employees
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14 |
| Mission | To assist all those in the Arab World subjected to or at risk for the most severe of human rights violations |
| Website | http://alkarama.org/ |
Alkarama (Arabic: الكرامة لحقوق الإنسان / ISO 233: al-karāmah li-ḥuqūq al-’insān / English: Dignity) is an independent Swiss-based human rights non-governmental organization established in 2004 to assist all those in the Arab World subjected to, or at risk for, extrajudicial killings, disappearances, torture, and arbitrary detention. Acting as a bridge between individual victims in the Arab World and international human rights mechanisms, Alkarama works towards an Arab World where all individuals live free, with dignity, and protected by the rule of law.
Alkarama is an NGO defending the victims of human rights violations in the Arab world – including violations of the right to life, to physical and mental integrity, and to Civil and Political Rights – by using in priority international law mechanisms. Alkarama also helps to promote a culture of human rights in the Arab world.
Although it recognises the indivisibility of human rights, Alkarama has given priority to the defence of people subjected or at risk of extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearance, torture, and arbitrary detention, as Alkarama regards these violations of the right to life, physical integrity, and civil and political rights as common in this region.
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