{"id":518,"date":"2011-03-30T12:55:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T12:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2011\/03\/30\/47-civil-society-networks-a-organizations-condemning-the-use-of-excessive-force-by-the-syrian-authorities-and-calls-for-an-impartial-investigation-and-to-lift-martial-law-and-respect-for-fundamental-r\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T12:55:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T12:55:19","slug":"47-civil-society-networks-a-organizations-condemning-the-use-of-excessive-force-by-the-syrian-authorities-and-calls-for-an-impartial-investigation-and-to-lift-martial-law-and-respect-for-fundamental-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2011\/03\/30\/47-civil-society-networks-a-organizations-condemning-the-use-of-excessive-force-by-the-syrian-authorities-and-calls-for-an-impartial-investigation-and-to-lift-martial-law-and-respect-for-fundamental-r\/","title":{"rendered":"47 Civil society Networks &#038; organizations condemning the use of excessive force by the Syrian authorities  and calls for an impartial investigation and to lift martial law and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Arab civil society Networks and organizations(include 333 NGOs from 12 Arab countries))&nbsp; received with deep concern and indignation the news that the Syrian authorities (patrols of police and security) suppressed peaceful gatherings in Daraa and the use of excessive force, which resulted in a number of victims (dead and injured) among peaceful demonstrators, in addition to that, the Syrian authorities arbitrarily arrested some Syrian citizens who gathered peacefully on the 22 \\ 3 \\ 2011 and what followed, like the use of live bullets to quell in a number of Syrian cities which wounded and claimed the lives of dozens of people. We are in the undersigned organizations turn to the families of the victims \u2013 dead \u2013 with condolences, and to the wounded with wishes for a speedy recovery, and we condemn violence from whatever source and in all its forms and justifications, and express our concern and condemnation of such practices, which reflect the insistence of the Syrian authorities to continue in the exercise of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms to citizens (the right of assembly and peaceful, freedom of opinion and expression, &#8230;) by the state of emergency and martial laws declared in the country since 1963, and this action is an expression of the non-fulfillment of the obligations of the Syrian government to the international conventions on human rights ratified by Syria, specifically the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which was ratified on 12 \\ 4 \\ 1969 and entered into force on 23 \\ 3 \\ 1976, these also contradicts with Syria&#8217;s international commitments on human rights and the recommendations of the Commission on Human Rights in its eighty-fourth session, July 2005, and to identify the sixth paragraph on non-compliance with the provisions of the International Covenant on the civil and the political rights during a state of emergency (article 4) and to ensure these rights, including Articles 9, 14, 19, and 22, and paragraph also of those recommendations which require the state in question to take the necessary measures to ensure the exercise of the right of peaceful assembly in actual practice. The undersigned organizations address the Syrian government with the following demands:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">1. The formation of a neutral commission of inquiry to reveal the perpetrators causing the violence, and those responsible for the casualties (dead and injured), whether governmental or non-governmental, and refer them to justice and hold them accountable.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">2. Lifting of the state of emergency and martial law.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">3. Release all political detainees, and prisoners of conscience.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">4. Abolition of special courts and all laws passed by them and the adverse consequences of the provisions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">5. Issue a law for peaceful assembly that allows citizens to exercise their right of peaceful assembly and association.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">6. Take measures to ensure the revision of all legislations that restrict the activities of human rights organizations to function freely and modify the Societies Act to enable the institutions of civil society to play their role effectively.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">7. Approve the prominence of conventions and international agreements on human rights signed and ratified by the Syrian government to the national legislation with the quotation of this principle in the Syrian constitution.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">8. Issue of the law of parties that allows citizens to exercise their right to political participation in the management of the affairs of the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">9. Amending the constitution to cohere in content with the principles, values, and human rights standards ratified by the Syrian government.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">10. Modify the content of the Syrian laws and regulations to suit the international conventions and charters on human rights.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">11. Implementation of the recommendations decided within the bodies of the international and regional human rights treaties.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">12. Effective enforcement of Syria&#8217;s international commitments under the ratification of the covenants and conventions on human rights.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Name of&nbsp; NGOs<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">1-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Election network on the Arab regions(ENAR)(included 30 networks and organizations in 12 Arab countries)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">2-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Arab&#8217;s coalition against death penalty (included 9 national&#8217;s coalitions and 9 Arab countries)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">3-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Human rights trainers networks in the Arab regions (included 170 trainers).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">4-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Arab network to protect the human rights defenders (included 18 organization from 9 Arab countries)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">5-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Arab Organization for Youth Lawyers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">6-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Arab Foundation for Supporting the Judiciary Reforms.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">7-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists (APHRA)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">8-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amman Center for Human Rights Studies [ACHRS]\/ Jordan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">9-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amnesty International\/ the Jordan Group. \/ Jordan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">10-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Arab Organization for Human Rights\/ Jordan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">11-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Al-Badil Center for Studies and Training\/ Jordan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">12-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Jordanian Network for Civil Society Organization (included 16 organizations). \/ Jordan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">13-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Jordanian Association of Democratic Culture. \/ Jordan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">14-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) (Consists of 132 human rights organizations). \/ Jordan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">15-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Iraqi coalition for human rights organizations (included 54 human rights organizations.\/ Iraq<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">16-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Civic coalition for minorities in Iraq (included 12 organizations) \/ Iraq<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">17-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Free Organization for Human Rights. \/ Iraq<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">18-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bent Al Rafedeen Organization\/Iraq<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">19-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; League for Iraqi Educational\/Iraq Association of Rural Girl\/ Bahrain<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">20-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kufan Organization for Human Rights and Democracy\/Iraq<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">21-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Arab Organization for human rights in Syria<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">22-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Organization for Human Rights in Syria<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">23-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kurdish committee for human rights in Syria (AL Rassased)\/ Syria<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">24-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Committee for defending democratic freedom and human rights in Syria<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">25-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kurdish&nbsp; Organization&nbsp; for defending&nbsp; human rights and democratic freedom in Syria(DAD)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">26-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Human Rights Organization in Syria(MAF)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">27-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Committees For The Defense Of Democracy Freedoms And Human Rights In Syria<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">28-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies\/Syria<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">29-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lebanon Society for Human Rights.\/ Lebanon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">30-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yemen coalition for transparency&nbsp; and anticorruption (included 50 organizations)\/ Yemen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">31-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yemen organization defending rights and democratic freedom\/ Yemen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">32-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yemen Coalition for Civil society organizations (included 27 organizations) \/ Yemen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">33-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yemen Network for human rights (7 organization). \/ Yemen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">34-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Free movement of change in Yemen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">35-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yemen&#8217;s coalition against death penalty<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">36-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Civil forum in Sudan (include more than 54 organizations) \/ Sudan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">37-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Journalists for Human Rights \/Sudan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">38-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bahrain Human Rights Society.\/ Bahrain<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">39-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bahrain Society for Transparency. \/ Bahrain<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">40-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Association of Rural Girl\/ Bahrain<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">41-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Moroccan Center for Human Rights. \/ Morocco<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">42-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Moroccan Foundation for Human Rights. \/ Morocco<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">43-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kuwait Coalition for International Criminal Court\/ Kuwait<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">44-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Habi Center for Environmental Rights\/Egypt.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">45-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Al Kelmah Center for Human Rights.\/ Egypt<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">46-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Land Center for Human Rights. \/ Egypt<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" dir=\"LTR\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">47-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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