Objectives of Pakistan Institute of Human Rights |
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| 1. | Establishment of a just, secure, tolerant and democratic Society in Pakistan which can be achieved by promotion of the Universal Human Rights values through education, mass awareness, advocacy, and delivery of services. |
| 2. | It is unfortunate that an internationally pre-existent gulf between deferent cultures and civilizations is not only widened but also made the future of the universally accepted Human Rights values and International Institutions questionable. The institute (PIHR) believes there is a need to bridge the above mentioned gulf between cultures and civilizations by facilitating the North-South or East-West dialogue and academic discourse. |
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Keep the original concept of Human Rights intact in its true letter and spirit. As envisaged in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948, which is being meddled and drifted away from its original goals. |
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Internationally it is the right time to emphasis the UNIVERSALISATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS in its true sense so that every culture may duly contribute its share and experience in the over all development of the Human Rights. |
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International Institutions are, some how, being used for political purposes. This has not only widened the pre-existent gulf between the North and the South, but has also endangered the impartiality of the International Institutions. It is required that efforts need to be made in order to maintain the impartiality of the International Institutions vis-à-vis the Universal concept of Human Right which has nothing to do with the global power politics. |
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To protect the universal human rights values from politicization. Once this noble concept is politicized it will affect the working of all human rights and humanitarian institutions internationally. |
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An emphasis is required to be given on the morality or the moral aspect of the Human Rights concept also. |
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Presently the concept of Universal Human Rights is interpreted in the perspective of over individualism and rights for the sake of rights, which is believed by the institute (PIHR) as an imbalanced trend towards the interpretation of Universal Human Rights concept. An emphasis should be given on the individual and collective Duties also. Like wise Economic, Cultural and Social Rights must be equally emphasized as Civil and political Rights. |
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To establish a state of the art facility of international standard for academic research by establishing a library, documentation center or by any other mean so that everybody will have access to all the relevant information necessary for the establishment of just , secure and prosperous society in Pakistan. |
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To support and collaborate all or any effort being done by any other institution, organization or even an individual nationally or internationally. |
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To use all the available tools of latest technology for dissemination of fast and cheap information to all. |
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To collaborate with the educational institution of all kind including religion seminaries to promote human rights education in their curricula. |
| Aims of the Pakistan Institute of Human Rights | |
| The institute has set following aims to achieve its objectives: | |
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Introduction of HUMAN RIGHTS as a discipline in the Universities and colleges and other academic institutions including religious Madrassas with the comparative study of Local Value System. |
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To develop a comprehensive data base / library of articles, newspaper, report, books and other accounts written or published electronically or otherwise on the topic of Human Rights and other related topics like politics, policies and governance as well as make them easily accessible to the members of the institute and other researchers. |
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| The data base will be supported by a search engine to provide an efficient research tool to the researcher. | |
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To develop an interactive web site of "PIHR" / web portal, to publicize the philosophy and goals of the Institute to provide a place on net for dialogue and share views to put like-minded scholars in touch with one another. |
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To establish an e-Journal if possible bi-lingual to provide meeting place for the exchange of ideas and above all to put forward the case of Human Rights in its true sense along with comparative study of all the parallel Value Systems. |
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To develop a comprehensive annotated bibliography that list articles, journals, books on Human Rights and related topics published in any language especially in Urdu, Arabic, Persian and English with special emphasis on the topic of comparative Human Rights. |
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To monitor the media, newspaper, for relevant development of the Human Rights Concept in the Western World since we are relatively ignorant, despite all the development of media, about what really takes place in the Western world. |
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To develop relation/laision and coordination with the like minded scholars / jurists all over the country to encourage them and their work. |
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To objectively analyze the politically motivated Human Rights Reports to ascertain the exact and true Human Rights situation of the country or territory. |
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To convene conferences, symposia, seminars, on national and international level on the topics to highlight the PIHR's point of view. |
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To create liaison with the Bar Associations of the country. |
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To collaborate with all the national and international organizations involved in the promotion of human rights directly or indirectly. |