Conferences

  Human Rights Movement Information Mechanism 
  18 June 1998 - Cairo The conference focused on the serious and important role occupied by information mechanism in contemporary civilization , participators were coordinators of information units in HR organizations . they targeted studying , documenting , and reading HR Movement information mechanism.
   
  Arab Human Rights Activists on the Threshold of 
  a New Century 
  3-5 December 1999 - Morocco Between the end of a century and the beginning of a new century’s aspirations, the Arab movement for human rights witnesses various functional, structural and theoretical problems in a world where human rights has become an issue of vital necessity for humanity. This implies that Arab human rights activists will have to embark on a frank and courageous dialogue for a precise examination of the nature and character of the present phase of development and the activists’ role whether on local, Arab, or international levels.
   “RABAT DECLARATION” 
   
  APHRA & ACHR Arab Human Rights Activists 
  24-26 January 2001 - France The philosophy behind the conference of the Arab Human Rights Activists and Organizations in Exile was a pioneer idea that works on gathering efforts to dissect the problems facing these Organizations and Activists outside their national borders, as well as presenting new legal and practical visions in order to work on solving these dilemma on one hand, and linking these Organizations with the inside homelands on the other hand.
   
  APHRA & ACHR 
  Arab Human Rights Female Activists 
  Between the Institutional and Political Reality 
  12-15 December 2001 - France One of the Arab Program For Human Rights Activists’ main concerns, since it was founded, was uncovering and combating the violations against Females in general, and the Female Activists in specific. Throughout the course of the “APHRA’s” action, it was noted that Arab Females are subjected to numerous violations and from numerous sources. For example, they are subjected to Legal, Social and Cultural discriminations that reflect and find a paved way in the Arab Male Culture. What shocked the “APHRA” was the status of the Arab Female Human Rights Activists within the Legal and Arab Human Rights Institutions themselves. The Arab Female Activists usually take the secretarial positions, as well as the Archiving procedures. It is very rare to see a Female Activist having a managerial position in an Arab Human Rights Organization. The situation is nothing but an implementation and a tool of strengthening our Male culture. Of course the Women’s Organizations are exceptions in this case, since they are usually founded and run by females.
   
  The Effects of Regional & International incidents 
  on HR 
  September events , Palestinian cause , Anglo – American war on Iraq 
  July , 6--7 2003 - Cairo In the light of the current events and International and Regional changes, that affected Human Rights instruments , APHRA in collaboration with Regional Institute for Human Security , convened a conference tackled the following issues :
-General political readings on latest international events.
-General effects of International incidents on HR.
-Human security- freedom , security problematic in the light of latest events.
-political stance of HR Organizations and other political trends.
-Arab governments position towards HR organization in the light of the events.
-Palestinian Cause and Arab HR movements alliances.
-War on Iraq and Arab HR movements alliance.

Workshops
 
  HR Activists...  Towards a democratic , fair law for NGOs 
  Lack of coordination and variety of obstacles  the workshop was held at Elsaid Association
3 - 4 \10 \ 2000 to pressure on law 153 for the year 1999 modification.  
  This discussion circle took place at APHRA location
on 8\6\1997.  
     
  Refugees Day  Durban conference outcome 
  In cooperation with Refugees & Forced Migration center , AUC , APHRA celebrated the day on
17\5\2002 and convened a workshop focused on Palestinian refugees in particular.  Collection of Egyptian HR who participated in Durban conference discussed victories achieved for Palestinian cause. 
     
  Towards a better way to deal with the law   
  A workshop that took place at Its center
10 - 12 \5\ 2003 , Menia province , representatives
of 30 NGO and some lawyers , were trained on how
to deal with law 84 for the year 2002 , associations rights and duties in accordance with the law , and
how to tackle administration disputes before the judiciary.

The Human Rights Activist''s Day
Annual Solidarity Event with Arab Activists
Every 17th of March: Award to the "Activist/s of the Year"
 
  Every year, on the 17th of March,
the Arab Program for Human Rights Activists celebrates the International day of the Activists
by giving a celebration where a prominent Arab human rights activist/s receive/s the APHRA''s annual Award in recognition to his/her/their effective and
influential activities throughout
the past year in promoting the human rights culture and democratic values throughout
the Arab world.  With the annual Award of the "Activist of the year", the APHRA hopes that the Arab Human
Rights Activists and Defenders exert more efforts in achieving
their goals and spreading the human rights culture towards
the realization of the democratic values.  Starting from 2003, and after the Award of the "Activist of the year" started to achieve its objectives, and numerous Arab Activists started to compete for it, the Arab Program for Human Rights Activists will start offering its award on competitive base. The APHRA will start receiving nominations for Who should receive the award between the month of October and December of each year. During the month of January, and after the review committee selects the first five runners, their names will be posted on the web site for international nominations and recognition. By the mid-February the final selection will be done, and the nominee/s will be notified about the next procedural steps for the Award. 
       
  17th March 1998  17th March 1999  17th March 2000 
  The Award of this year went to the Soul Egyptian Activist
Hisham Mubarak  The prize of this year was awarded equally to the Syrian Activist
Nezar Nayyouf
and the Tunisian Activist
Khamis Qaseela  This year, the APHRA didn''t celebrate its annual event in objection to the Egyptian authorities'' harassments against the Egyptian Civil Society, and the detention of Mr. Hafez Abu Saeda, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights...which later received the APHRA''s annual award on behalf of the Organization. 
       
  17th March 2001  17th March 2002  20th March 2003 
  Conducted in Jordan and the Arab Organization for Human Rights in Jordan was awarded.  Conducted in Egypt, and the annual award was divided equally between the Sudanese Human Rights Organization (Which was ordered shut the previous year by the Egyptian authorities), and the Defense Committee of the Prisoners of Conscience in Syria.