HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement

HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization working in the MENA region. It is registered and based in Brussels, Belgium, and has teams in the region. Registration Number: BE 0759.864.445 HuMENA was founded in 2018 on a fundamental commitment to human rights. HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement is an independent advocacy and civic engagement organization that aims to position itself as a civic convener and responder to conflicts and challenges in MENA while realizing the potential of local and diasporic communities as change makers in local and global contexts. HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization officially registered in 2020 and based in Brussels, with teams in the MENA region. The organization believes protesting and exposing violations is not enough to achieve civic change. It thus works on creating space for local and diasporic communities to engage and participate in the making of crucial policies that work to advance human rights protection. The organization’s plan of action to achieve civic engagement is based on several strategies, such as pro-actively spreading evidence-based knowledge about laws and policies, engaging in conversations with civil society in the MENA region, serving as a hub that connects local and diasporic groups, and organizations, and cooperating with local formal and informal community groups to enhance a comprehensive approach, aiming to share ownership and capitalize on local knowledge and insight; for a collective movement towards advancing Human Rights in the MENA region.