Women's Rights in Kuwaiti Personal Status Law and Bahraini Judicial Rulings (Theory)
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2011
Through its regional Family Law Program, Freedom House published the Women's Rights in the Kuwaiti Personal Status Law and the Bahraini Shari'a Judicial Rulings (Theory Portion) which brings together Sunni, Shiite and legal scholars from the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Bahrain to analyze family law, Islamic jurisprudence, and religious and civil interpretations in an attempt to bridge key differences among their perspectives.
Module 1: Introduction to the Concept of Human Rights and Oneself as a Subject of Rights
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2012
This resource is the first module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. It focuses the concept of human rights and oneself as a subject of rights. It includes nine sessions: introduction to the concept of women’s human rights; introduction to the concept of liberty; introduction to the concept of dignity; introduction to the concept of equality; discrimination against women; introduction to gender analysis; introduction to the sources of law used in the program; protecting women’s human rights: individual responsibility; and collective mobilization for the promotion of women’s human rights.
Financial Investigation Techniques (Presentation Three)
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2011
This presentation was the third in a series of three workshops on combating money laundering and terrorist financing. It focuses on methods of financial investigations and suspicious activity reports. The presentation offers several detailed examples and tips related to the development of policies and methods to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
Module 9, Part II: Women’s Human Right to Full Citizenship - The Impact of Corruption on Women’s Human Rights
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2012
This resource is part of the ninth module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. This file reviews the Module9 in the program: Women’s human right to full citizenship and the impact of corruption on women’s human rights. The theme includes three sessions: corruption and gender; corruption in the judicial system; and corruption and elections.
Module 2, part II: Women’s Human Rights in the Family - Divorce
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2012
This resource is the second module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. This section focuses on divorce, the second theme in Module 2. The four sections include: introduction to the concept of divorce and the different types of divorce in Morocco; divorce by the husband: without cause (talaq); divorce by the wife: without cause (khula and tamleeq); and divorce by the wife: for cause (taqleeq).
Lesson Four: Resolving Conflicts - Student Version - Handout 4.1
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This handout includes vocabulary words, scenarios, and exercises, focusing on whether a law should be changed.
Administrative Corruption in Lebanon: Key Features and Ways Ahead
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2015
This report describes a 2013 administration corruption survey, outlines the status of bribery in Lebanon and describes a proposed strategy for addressing corruption in public administrations. Both English and Arabic are included.
The Concept of Human Rights
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2011
The workshop aims to increase participants' awareness of the concept of human rights. It introduces characteristics of human rights and identifies human rights related-terms, as well as the international human rights treaties.
Module 8: Women’s Human Rights at Work
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2012
This resource is the eighth module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. It focuses on women’s human rights at work and includes three sessions: discrimination at work in the formal sector: hiring, salaries, hours, and family responsibilities; discrimination at work in the informal sector: the case of domestic workers; and the right to belong to a labor union.
Campaign Finance in the United States
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation describes contribution limits in U.S. federal elections, including national party committee limits, local party limits, and political action committee (PAC) limits.
Reading and Understanding Legislation for Members of the Oman Majles A'Shura
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This outline of a three day training includes: how to evaluate a bill in form, how to evaluate a bill in substance, and law as a tool for social change.
Basic Principles of International Law Affecting CSOs
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
The presentation describes sources of international law, the Universal Declaration on Freedom of Association, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (2008), and international best practices for the formation of organizations.
Lesson Three: How are Laws Made? Student Version - Handout 3.1
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This handout includes vocabulary words, exercises related to a school without rules and elements of an effective law, and an example of the Qatar Traffic Law.
Women's Rights Survey (2009 Gulf Portion)
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2011
The Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa study presents detailed reports and quantitative ratings on the state of women’s rights in the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. It is the first installment of a larger project encompassing the entire MENA region.
Lesson One: What is the Rule of Law? Teacher's Version
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This curriculum provides information for teachers to accompany the handout on the Rule of Law.
ACJLS Toolkit Chapter 2 - Equality Under the Law
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
The curriculum focuses on the principles of equality and anti-discrimination protections within the rule of law. It provides facilitator's notes, including key learning objectives, glossary of terms, activities, handouts and case study scenarios for a three hour session.
Access to Information: Benefits for the Private Sector
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2015
The objective of this report is to contribute to the debate on the importance of access to information for the private sector. It highlights laws, efforts and challenges specific to Lebanon. Both English and Arabic are included.
Guide to Small Business and Employment
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This manual focuses on starting a small business (English), employment of women (English), labor law in Saudi Arabia (English/Arabic), preparing for interviews (English/Arabic), interviewing skills (Arabic) and CV writing (English).
Introduction to International Law Governing the Freedom of Association
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation describes international law governing freedom of association and sources of international law. It focuses on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Arab Charter on Human Rights.
ACJLS Toolkit Welcome Letter
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This is a welcome letter for the Arab Council for Judicial and Legal Studies (ACJLS) Rule of Law Toolkit
Lesson Two: Sources of Law in Qatar - Teacher's Version
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This curriculum provides information for teachers to accompany the handout on Sources of Law in Qatar.
Module 7: Women’s Human Right to Health
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2012
This resource is the seventh module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. The focus is on women’s human right to health and includes three sessions: the obligation to have numerous children; women’s right to access to health care; and freedom from charlatans.
Cover Page: Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2012
Youth Political Awareness: The Yemeni Political System (Civic Values and Political Rights)
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2014
This training manual for youth describes the Yemeni political system in detail, including the executive, legislative and judicial branches. It focuses on how parliament works, the system of local governance, including provincial local council and its committees, and also highlights the electoral system, voters' rights, sorting votes, campaigning, the five stages in an election and electoral appeals.