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The summery of CSHRN report to the 6th General Assembly

By Naim Nazari Dear colleagues, participants of the sixth General Assembly of CSHRN! First of all I would like to welcome you to this important gathering. A year and four months ago the fifth General Assembly of CSHRN was conducted. During this period, CSHRN organized some useful and comprehensive programs in Kabul and provinces of Afghanistan. These programs brought us to some important achievements as well as some challenges. The secretariat of CSHRN, as executive machine of CSHRN would like to present some important activities to the respectful members of the current General Assembly. In the field of coordination: During the last year CSHRN expended its cooperation and collaboration with some national and international organization. I would like to mention some important issues as flowing; •  During the last year the office of CSHRN was opened officially in Bamyan province in the central region of Afghanistan . The office of Bamyan raptly recognized as an important address for human rights activist and civil society partners. •  During the last year all structures of CSHRN were democracy elected in Kabul as well as in the regions. •  During this period the secretariat of CSHRN organized meetings with 284 national and international organizations. During these meetings the executive secretariat explained the strategy, goals and programs of CSHRN to the international and national partners. •  In between fifth and sixth General Assembly representatives of CSHRN conducted 11 international missions. CSHRN missions celebrated with the civil society organizations of Nepal, India, the Netherlands, the Great Brighten, Italy and Tajikistan. •  CSHRN prepared and signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and Afghanistan Civil Society Forum. These MoU support CSHRN to understand its own and its partners mandate and filed of activities. In the field of Capacity Building:…

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Report of CSHRO in Bamyan province to the 6th General Assembly of CSHRO

Civil Society and Human Rights Organization in Bamyan Report of CSHRO in Bamyan province to the 6th General Assembly of CSHRO January 2011 By Ismail Zaki CSHRO Central high land coordinator Dear colleagues, CSHRO office in Bamyan was officially opened on 15 th September 2009. Since 2009 CSHRO organized its programs according to strategy of CSHRO. I would like to inform you a summary of our activities in Bamyan. In the field of coordination: CSHRO office in Bamyan has created constructive and working communication with 27 civil society organizations in Bamyan and Daikondi provinces. Fives human rights civil society organizations became member of CSHRO. There are 17 other NGOs who applied for the membership of CSHRO. We have organized quarterly meeting with our national and international partners. We have organized two times our general assembly where the member organizations discussed the activities of CSHRO in Bamyan. In the field of capacity building: •  During the last year CSHRO office in Bamyan organized 12 workshops according to CSHRO educational manuals. We have trained 292 men and women of Bamyan citizens. •  We have organized 7 round tables and debates on human rights values. We discussed human rights values with 149 citizens. •  We organized 11 debates on cultural rights with young students in Bamyan University. The participants of these programs were 125 students. •  We have organized 5 workshops according to manual on conflict transformation and resolution. •  During the last year 213 persons mainly students used our library and resource center. •  We have organized workshops with close communication of UNAMA office in Daikondi province of Afghanistan. In the filed of advocacy: •  CSHRO office in Bamyan mediate the requirements of demonstrators about lack of electricity in Bamyan province •  We stopped two forced marriages cases in Painjob…

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Report of Civil Society and Human Rights Organization Office in the North and Northeast Region of Afghanistan about Access to Information to the 6 th General Assembly of CSHRO

January 2011 By Nasima Azkia CSHRO north-north east coordinator Dear colleagues participants of 6 th General Assembly of CSHRO Access to Information is one of the basic human rights issues of citizen. Each citizen has the right to information in order to organize his or her life in the society. The article 19 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 50 th of Afghanistan Constitution provide legal condition for access to information for the citizens of Afghanistan. The Civil Society and Human Rights Organization organized the first debate on access to information in Afghanistan in 2006. A national seminar was organized in Afghanistan with the representation of 26 provinces in Kabul in 2006. During the seminar representative of civil society organization decided to work together for access to information strengthening in Afghanistan . At the end of 2006 the second national seminar was organized in Bamyan province of Afghanistan . During this seminar representatives of local government supported the idea of access to information in Afghanistan. In May 2009 the Civil Society and Human Rights Organization organized the analytical symposium on access to information in Mazahr-e- Sharef city of Balkh province. The goal of the symposium was to invite some academics, intellectuals and media representation to provide their articles about access to information. During this symposium 6 articles were presented. The articles dealt with main principals of access to information, challenges of implementation for access to information, democracy and access to information, access to information during the election, access to information media, election and organic collaboration, access to information and national and international legislation. The participants of the symposium decided the following elements: •  A working group should be designed in Mazahr-e- sharef to study the national and international legislation and to work for initial draft of…

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Report of CSHRO West Region to the General Assemble

January 2011 By Ms Aziza Khairandash CSHRO Coordinator in the West region of Afghanistan Dear colleagues participants of the 6 th General Assembly of CSHRO I would like to inform you about the main activities of CSHRO in the Western region of Afghanistan. My report is mainly focused on CSHRO strategic values. In the field of coordination: We have close coordination with the national and international human rights actors in the western region of Afghanistan. We had quarterly meeting with our partners, who work in the field of human rights in Herat city. We organized joint meeting with human rights section of UNAMA office in Herat. We had constant communication with the Afghan independent human rights commission in Herat city. We organized meeting with the Ministry of Women Affaires representation in the West region. We had close collaboration with police and invited them in our coordination meetings. We had close collaboration with the Ministry of Justice in Herat province. During our meetings with our partner organizations and state institutions in Herat we shared information and distributed human rights educational manuals and CSHRO other publications. As a civil society umbrella organization we have membership of following institution in Herat. •  We are member of the consultative committee of the provincial council •  We are member of advocacy group for women rights in Herat. •  We are member of the commission to support families. In the field of capacity building: Our office in Herat is the only civil society organization that organizes constantly human rights educational programs for civil society and some state institutions in Herat. •  Our office organized some important education programs about Islam, modernism, secularism, globalization, intellectuals and their role in promotion of human rights in Afghanistan, regions intellectual and their role in promotion of civil society…

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Report of CSHRO activity in the East Region to the General Assemble

January 2011 By Dr. Naimatullah Hamdard, Coordinator of CSHRO in the East region of Afghanistan Dear colleagues participants of the 6 th General Assembly of CSHRO Our office in the Eastern region works according to the platform, strategy, log frame and action plan of CSHRO. My report to you is based on these elements. Our office in Jalalabad, is a coordination center for human rights actors who works in Jalalabad city and other provinces in the East region. We have 5 member organizations. We meet with our member organizations constantly. We provide them educational manual and other facilities for promotion of human rights in our province. We have created focal point in Konar and Laghman provinces. Generally we work with 180 civil society organizations in our regions. To make our work sustainable, we focus a lot on trust building ellements amongst ourselves and other civil society organizations. We met constantly with them and discus our problems together. We have organized two general assemblies within our structures. During the general assemblies we elected members to the Board and Evaluation Committee. Today we work with three provinces in the East region and soon we will start our activities in Noorestan provinces. In the field of capacity building: We organized training for 10 trainers in the field of conflict transformation and conflict resolution. These trainers work with us in the field of capacity building in the East region. In the East office, we have organized a small resource center with a small library for our member organization. We have created a good relationship with the donors in the East region. We introduced the civil society organizations to the donors for their collaboration. In the field of coordination: We have created collaborative relationship with civil society organization, some state institutions and international…

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CSHRO mission in Herat met with the Governor of Herat about reduction of family violence in Herat province

By Ramin Ahamadi On 25th of January the Civil Society and Human Rights Organization mission to Herat together with CSHRO secretariat in the west region met with Dr. Dauod Saba the governor of Heart concerning reduction of domestic violence against women in Herat. Participants of the meeting Mr. Malek Sitez, the Program Manager of CSHRO, Mr. Naim Nazari, the Executive Secretariat of CSHRO, Mr. Wazir Ahmad Khorami, the Liaison Officer of CSHRO, Mrs. Aziza Khairandish, the Coordinator of CSHRO in the West, Mrs. Khalida Khorasnd, Program Adviser of CSHRO in the West and Mr. Ramin Ahmadi, Admin Officer of CSHRO in the west region, expressed their gratitude to the governor of Heart for the meeting. At the beginning of the meeting Mr. Malek Sitez, explained the overall programs of CSHRO. He informed the governor of Herat about CSHRO campaign of reduction of violence against women. On behalf of civil society organization and human rights activist Mr. Sitez expressed his support to the intelligent and value-based governor of Heart Mr. Daoud Sabah. Mr. Daoud Sabah the governor of Heart expressed his kind attitude and generally support to CSHRO programs concerning their campaign to decrease violence against women. Mrs. Aziza Khairandish, CSHRO, west coordinator submitted the analyze of CSHRO concerning reduction of violence against women. The analyze was made during the last year by a group of CSHRO researchers. According to the research a join coordinating committee will be formed by civil society and governmental bodies concerning family violence in Heart. The committee will work in a close collaboration with the governor of Herat. The committee consist of representatives of Governor, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Civil Society and Human Rights Organizations, Department of Ministry of Women Affairs in Herat, Department of Police in Herat, Department of Justice Ministry in…

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The Civil Society and Human Rights Network 6th General Assembly has conducted

By: Wazir Ahmad Khorami On 20th January 2011, the sixth General Assembly of CSHRN was conducted in Kabul. Representatives of CSHRN from four regions, CSHRN member organizations and CSHRN secretariat form Kabul and regions participated in the General Assembly. At the beginning of the General Assembly the Executive Secretariat of the CSHRN presented a comprehensive report of CSHRN activities between fifth to sixth General Assemblies. Mr. Naim Nazari, the Executive Secretariat of CSHRN presented the overall report of CSHRN. The report was mainly focused on main fields of CSHRN activities; coordination, capacity building and advocacy. Then the representatives of regions presented CSHRN main activities in the regions. Two important focus areas as reduction of family violence in Heart and draft law of access to information were discussed separately during the General Assembly. Mrs. Khalida Khorsand the coordinator of programmes relating to reduction of family violence in Heart gave a wide-ranging report about CSHRN campaign in Herat . She presented the CSHRN analyses of family violence situation in Heart province. Then she informed the General Assembly about the campaign of reduction of family violence in Heart province. Mr. Kava Sahab, representative of access to information working group in Mazar-e- Sharef, presented an informative presentation about the status of access to information draft law. He informed the General Assembly about his meetings in the regions as well in Kabul about the dialogs with the representatives of civil society, media and intellectuals. According to him the draft law will be discussed by a new working group composed by law specialist. The second part of General Assembly was dedicated to the organizational maters. First Mr. Naim Nazari informed the General Assembly about the registration of CSHRN to the governmental bodies. As the Network can not be registered on the name of Network…

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The Second Analytical Symposium on Access to Information and its role in the promotion of democracy and human rights in Afghanistan was conducted by CSHRN

28-June- 2010- Kabul- Afghanistan By: Seyar Lalee The second analytical symposium on access to information and its role in the promotion of democracy and human rights in Afghanistan organized on 28-June-2010 by Civil Society and Human Rights Network. The goal of the symposium was to create a constructive dialogue for common understanding on access to information with some members of parliaments, civil society and media organizations. The symposium was divided into tow parts. The first part of the program allocated for official speeches on the importance of access to information in Afghanistan. The representatives of Afghan government, parliament, board of Civil Society and Human Rights Network, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, UNAMA and Civil Society and Human Rights Network secretariat delivered official supportive speeches on access to information program in Afghanistan. The second part of the Symposium was conducted to discuss three key articles by Afghan members of the parliament; The first article was presented by Mr. Abas Noyan member of National Assembly of Afghanistan. The article (access to information role on good governance) dealt with access to information as a useful tool for fostering good governance culture in Afghanistan . Mr. Abas main argument were the followings; Access to information strengthens the organic relationship between citizens and states, both citizens and state understand each other by having information about state's source and abilities. Access to information is a civil rights of citizens. By having access to information, the citizens exercise its civil rights to decide properly about his or her daily life and future. Access to information is a responsibility of public administration. By disseminating of information public administration creates transparency and accountability for its mechanisms. At the end of Mr. Noyan presentation the participants debated his article. Generally the participants of symposium supported the arguments which…

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The statement of CSHRN concerning the new government of Afghanistan and the involvement of civil society

28th of December 2009 Kabul Afghanistan The Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN) released a statement about the new government of Afghanistan. The statement was released during a press conference in Kabul organised by CSHRN. The press conference was steered by the Statement Committee of CSRHN. In the beginning of the press conference Mr. Naim Nazari, CSHRN Executive Coordinator welcomed the national and international media, representatives of Afghan civil society and some afghan intellectuals for their participation in the conference. During the conference Mr. Khan Ali Radmand member of CSHRN Statement Committee presented the statement. Followed by presentation Mr. Barry Salaam, Mr. Jawed Shekiab, Mr. Yonos Akhtar respondent to many questions of the national and international media. CSHRN statement was broadly covered by the national and international media. Below please read the statement of CSHRN: On December 19, the spokesperson of the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan announced during a press conference that the president had designated the members of his cabinet which got introduced to the National Assembly, in close consultation with civil society. This statement came as a great surprise for civil society. Before the members of the new cabinet were announced, CSHRN had sent an open analytical letter to the president of Afghanistan providing an analysis as well as recommendation with regard to the current human rights situation and civil society. CSHRN did its best to contact the office of the present in order to organise a meeting between the president and representatives of civil society for the submission of the letter and the discussion about the concerns of civil society. Unfortunately however, CSHRN had not received any response from the president. The open analytical letter was then released during a press conference broadly covered by national and international media. The civil…

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CSHRN launches domestic violence campaign in Herat

The Civil Society and Human Right Network (CSHRN) launched a campaign on December 14, 2009, in Herat, to reduce family violence. Along with the start of the campaign, CSHRN also launched a handbook “Perspectives on Domestic Violence” by Heart intellectuals on family violence shared with several civil society actors, police, and regional office of AIHRC in Herat and written by four authors from Herat intellectuals (Mr. Daud Moneer, Professor at the Literature Faculty of Herat University; Miss Wasima Badghisi, Professor of the Law Faculty of Herat University; Mr Abdul Kabir Salehi, scholar in the fields of religion; and Mr. Ali Ahmad Kawa, researcher and professor of Sociology of Herat University)and published by CSHRN. It was reckoned as a good tool to be used for the campaign against family violence. The strategy of campaign was designed during a gathering of civil society, AIHRC and some state institutions in CSHRN office in Heart. Strategy to decrease violence in families in Herat Background Violence in families is a widespread problem in Afghanistan , which is however still not widely recognized as a violation of human rights. CSHRN has started a campaign to decrease the violence in families in Herat , a province strongly affected by these human rights violations. Herat has been chosen to carry out a pilot project on tackling this problem because CSHRN has a very good network in Herat with civil society organizations, state institutions as well as Islamic scholars and because the state institutions function rather well and a general interest in improving the situation exists. The aim of the project is to develop and implement a joint strategy with all relevant stakeholders to fight violence in families as a pilot project. If the pilot project is successful, similar projects will be carried out in other regions.…

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