Legal Literacy
Organisation: Al-Aman Fund for the Future of OrphansLangue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2023-01-01
Women's Rights and Kuwaiti Family Law Weekly Article Series I&II
Langue(s):
Publié: 2011
A group of Kuwaiti male and female family law attorneys with varying political and religious backgrounds and ideologies have been working collaboratively on a weekly newspaper articles in order to educate the public and raise awareness on women’s rights and family law issues. The first article series described each article of Kuwait's family law, and the second series is dealing with specific cases and the application of the family law in Kuwait.
The articles are available in Arabic at the following website:
Module 12: Field Trips
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2012
This resource is the twelfth module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. It includes three fieldtrip sessions: visit to a family planning center, visit to hospitals and visit to police stations.
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), OHCHR
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2011
This resource reviews the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966. The ICCPR commits its parties to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, electoral rights and rights to due process and a fair trial.
For more information on ICCPR, please visit the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm
Lesson One: What is the Rule of Law? Student Version - Handout 1.1
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This handout includes vocabulary words, scenarios and exercises, and excerpts from the Qatar Constitution.
Lesson Two: Sources of Law in Qatar - Student Version - Handout 2.1
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This handout includes vocabulary words, a diagram showing sources of law in Qatar, focus on reading treaties with the Qatar Constitution, and exercises.
Teaching Vocabulary Words
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This brief document provides tips on teaching legal vocabulary words.
Module 10: Women’s Right to Participate in Political Life
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2012
This resource is the tenth module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. It focuses on women’s right to participate in political life with six sessions: making decisions without women; women and decision-making positions; obstacles to women’s political participation; the right to vote in elections; vote your conscience; and know your government.
Module 2, part I: Women’s Human Rights in the Family - The Marriage Contract
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 women’s human rights in the family and the marriage contract. It includes seven sessions: the legal age for marriage; consent to marriage and the right to choose one’s husband; dowry, the marriage contract: the possibility of including clauses in favor of the woman; the marriage contract: how to negotiate clauses; polygamy; and the Urfi Marriage (traditional marriage without a written contract).
Lesson Four: Resolving Conflicts - Teacher's Version
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This curriculum provides information for teachers to accompany the handout on Resolving Conflicts.
Women's Rights in Kuwaiti Personal Status Law and Bahraini Judicial Rulings (Practical)
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2011
The Practical Part of the Women's Rights in Kuwaiti Personal Status Law and the Bahraini Shari'a Judicial Rulings documents two national campaigns on women's rights and family law launched by civil society in the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Bahrain. This portion also places the campaigns within the framework of the larger movement for family law reform in each country as well as advocacy strategies and lessons learned for women’s rights activists in the Gulf region and beyond.
Basic Law Draft of Local Elections
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2017
The Kingdom of Bahrain: A Guide to Parliament
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2007
This manual aimed to help members of the general public to understand Bahrain’s parliamentary system. It also was meant to serve as a resource for Members of Parliament and their staff. Contents include: type of legislative systems, parliament's role in democratic systems and the parliamentary system in Bahrain.
Lesson Three: How are Laws Made? Teacher's Version
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This curriculum provides information for teachers to accompany the handout on How are Laws Made?
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Council of Europe
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2011
This resource includes the text of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms). The ECHR is an international treaty that aims to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe.
For more information, please visit the Council of Europe at http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=005&CL=ENG.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), OHCHR
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2011
This file includes the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The Declaration consists of 30 articles, regional human rights instruments, and national constitutions and laws.
For information, please visit the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) http://www.ohchr.org/en/udhr/pages/introduction.aspx.
The Beijing Platform for Action, UN
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2011
This file includes the text of “Declaration and Platform for Action," which was addressed at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995 in Beijing, China. The Declaration aspired at achieving greater equality and opportunity for women.
For more information, please visit the United Nations (UN) at http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform/plat1.htm.
Module 5: Women’s Human Right to Freedom from Violence
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2012
This resource is the fifth module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. The focus is on women’s right to freedom from violence and includes nine sessions: verbal violence; physical violence in the family; sexual assault; sexual harassment in the workplace; women as the target of terrorist violence; the impact of terrorism on women’s human rights; pimping women for profit; violence against sex workers; and trafficking in persons.
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, OHCHR
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2011
This resource focuses on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966. It commits its parties to work toward granting economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) to individuals. The ICESCR includes labor rights and the right to health, education and an adequate standard of living.
For more information on The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, please visit the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm.
Support Female Candidates
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2017
How a Bill Becomes a Law
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2010
This handout shows 11 steps for how a bill become a law in the U.S.