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 First : Date of
establishment
The activities of KICHR started
gradually with the lectures given by its Director General
and the publication of books, articles and studies.
As of 27 January 2002,
KICHR became fully operational when its Director General
left Government service.
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Second : Objectives
and means
(1)
The main objectives of KICHR are the
promotion and protection of human rights and humanitarian law,
and advocay for the rights-based approach.
(2)
KICHR means for attaining its
objectives are the following:
(a)
Awareness-raising, capacity building,
dissemination of information, training, and advocacy.
(b)
Giving advice, providing expertise,
making studies and preparing rights-based manuals for
governments, political parties, civil society, NGOs,
individuals, international organizations and agencies,
businesses, private companies and corporations.
(c)
Designing and executing workshops in
the fields of human rights, humanitarian law, legal and
institutional aspects of water resources and drafting of
contracts.
(d)
Cooperation with relevant Government
institutions, civil society, NGOs and the international
community.
Third :
Legal status and working relations
KICHR is a non-governmental civil
society institution working through its Director General who
is a human rights defender and a lawyer by profession, and
through human rights’ activists and defenders, NGOs and other
entities having working relations with KICHR.
Human
rights activists and defenders, NGOs and other entities may
establish the following working relations with KICHR:
Volunteer: works
voluntarily for KICHR
Adviser: undertakes activities on behalf of KICHR.
Affiliated member: cooperates with KICHR in attaining its
objectives.
Fourth: Training activities undertaken
by KICHR are:
KICHR is currently offering the following human
rights courses:
First
Course: Basic
Course on International Human Rights Standards.
Second Course:
Basic Course on Complaints.
Third Course:
Basic Course on Reporting to Treaty-Bodies.
Fourth Course:
Specialized Course on Human Rights and Law Enforcement.
Fifth Course:
Specialized Course on Women Rights.
Sixth Course:
Specialized Course on Child Rights.
Fifth: Awareness-raising undertaken
by KICHR:
The “Awareness-Raising Series” published by KICHR
has so far published the following:
Publication No. (1): “Background Information About Human
Rights”, copy right 54/2001(in English).
Publication No. (2): “Thematic Analysis of International Human
Rights Instruments: Inventory of Human Rights Standards”, copy
right 55/2001(in English).
Publication No.(3): “The International Standards and Measures
for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against
Women”, copy right 57/2001(in English).
Publication No.(4): “The International Standards and Measures
for the Protection of the Rights of the Child”, copy right
58/2001(in English).
Publication No.(5): “Initiative for Constructive Interaction
Between International Human Rights Standards and Religions”,
copy right 56/2001 (in English).
Publication No.(6): “The Concise Guide for Concluding
Contracts,” first and second editions, copy right 48/2001.
Publication No.(7): “The Legal Framework for the Protection of
our Petroleum Resources,” copy rights 47/2001 and 192/2001.
Publication No.(8): “Legal and Institutional Framework for
Cooperation Among Nile Basin Countries Which is Currently
Under Consideration”, July 2002.
Publication No.(9): “ The United Nations Convention on the Law
of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses”, copy
right 46/2001, and also published in the Journal of the
Institute of Arab Research and Studies of the Arab League,
Cairo, 2001.
Publication No.(10): “ Basic International Human Rights
Instruments” , July 2002.
Publication No.(11): “ Guidelines on the Form and Contents of
Reports to be Submitted by States Parties to the International
Human Rights Treaties, “ August 2002.
Publication No.(12): “ General Comments and General
Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies’’,
October 2002.
Publication
No.(13): “Basic Reference for Child rights”, October 2002.
Publication No.(14): “Basic Reference for Civil and Political
Rights”, November 2002.
Publication No.(15): “Basic Reference for Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights”, November 2002.
Publication No.(16): “ Basic Reference for Women Rights”,
November 2002.
Publication No.(17): “Information Note about Khartoum
International Centre for Human Rights and Outline of the
Courses Offered”. December 2002.
Publication No.(18): Legal Instruments and Processes Relating
to the Use of the Waters of the Nile River 1891-2002”.
Sixth : Funding and course fees
Sources of funding of KICHR are courses fees
and revenues from publications and other services provided.
Fees
: 400 USD or SDD equivalent per person / for each course.
KICHR Director General: Dr. Ahmed EL
Mufti
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(1)
Activists and pioneer in the human
rights’ and humanitarian law movement in the Sudan.
(2)
Experience: 30 years experience in
law and human rights practice, nationally, regionally and
internationally, and was the former Undersecretary of the
Ministry of Justice up to January 2002.
Qualifications:
(a)
LLB (honours),
University of
Khartoum, 1973.
(b)
Certificate in international Law and organizations,
practical instruction in Legislations and treaty drafting
and studies in diverse aspects of public Law, Ministry of
Overseas Development (ODM), London - United Kingdom,
1978.
(c)
Master Degree (LLM),
Indiana University -
USA, 1982.
(d)
Two certificates in law from the International Development
Law Institute (IDLI) in 1983 and 1984 –
Rome – Italy.
(e)
PHD. (Law), 1990.
(f)
Diploma, United Nations Centre for Human Rights,
Turin- Italy, 1994.
(g)
Certificate, the Danish Centre for Human Rights,
Denmark, 2000.
(4) Author of many books and articles in the field of law
and human rights, including the above-mentioned 18
Publications.
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Eighth: International recognition of KICHR:
Despite its
recent establishment, KICHR has already enjoyed, through
its Director General, very strong international
recognition through the following activities:
(1)
Instructor in the technical
assistance programme of the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Khartoum, “The
Role of the Sudanese Regular Forces in the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights,” January 2002.
(2)
Instructor in the technical
assistance programme of the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Khartoum,
“ Reporting under International Human Rights Treaties
National Capacity Strengthening”, January, 2002.
(3)
Instructor in the technical
assistance programme of the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Khartoum, “ The
Role of the Sudanese National NGOs in the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights” February, 2002.
(4)
Instructor in the technical
assistance programme of the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Khartoum,
“Seminar on Harmonisation of National Domestic Laws with
the International Human Rights Standards”, November 2002.
(5)
Invited to promote the
establishment of the World Council of Religious Leaders
which is a direct outcome Of THE MILLENNIUM WORLD PEACE
SUMMIT, Bangkok – Thailand , April 2002.
(6)
Prepared a paper, “War against
Terrorism: Impact on Human Rights”, requested by the
Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) and was presented
by Dr. Ahmed EL Mufti in OIC Symposium of Human Rights in
Islam in Geneva 14-15 March 2002.
(7)
Met with Dr. Masamba Sita the
Acting Director of the UN African Institute for the
Prevention of Crime (UNAFRI) in Kampala, Uganda to
consider possibilities of cooperation between UNAFRI and
KICHR.
(8)
Received an invitation from the
Ministry of Religious Affairs in Tunisia to participate in
an international seminar about Islam and Peace in Tunisia
to be organized during 15-17 April 2003 in collaboration
with the Organization of the Islamic Countries (OIC) and
under the auspices of H.E. Zaien Al Abdeen Bin Ali the
President of the Republic of Tunisia
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