Solidarity rights are not the product of intellectual indulgence or an ideology of protest against the status quo. Rather, they are the clearest expression of the integrative and intertwined relationship between respect for the six fundamental human rights (political, civil, economic, social, and cultural) and the collective rights that must be respected (within national borders and in relations between states), primarily: the right to peace (civil and global peace), the right to development and sustainable development, and environmental protection, considering environmental rights as essential for the survival of life and the human race. To this end, we are doing everything in our power, both in research and on the ground, to:
- The necessity of linking economic structures to rights: deconstructing and analyzing the disastrous relationship between the dominance of financial capital and the decline of the humanistic concept of development, as well as the structural dichotomy between development aimed at enrichment and development aimed at protecting and advancing humanity.
- Neoliberalism is not merely a financial system; it is a “bulldozer” that distorts human consciousness. Financial markets are directly or indirectly responsible for the collapse of development and reconstruction projects in weaker peripheral countries.
- The human rights movement urgently needs a firm and clear stance against the use of financial loans and unilateral sanctions by wealthy nations to suppress any attempts to deviate from their established order.
- The United Nations Sustainable Development Summit for the period 2015-2030 was held in New York from September 25-28, 2015, to formulate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were condensed into 17 goals:
No poverty, 2. Zero hunger, 3. Good health and well-being, 4. Quality education, 5. Gender equality, 6. Safe drinking water and sanitation, 7. Access to clean and affordable energy, 8. Decent work and economic growth, 9. Energy diversification and restructuring, 10. Reduced inequalities, 11. Sustainable cities and communities, 12. Responsible consumption and production, 13. Climate action, 14. Life in water, 15. Life on land, 16. Peace, justice and strong institutions, and 17. Partnerships for the goals.
The goal is to achieve sustainable development in all its forms. The questions posed to every rational and responsible individual are: How serious are the economically and intellectually powerful nations, the financial institutions controlling financial capital, and the neoliberal political systems about engaging with these goals? Are there illusions of achieving anything less than the bare minimum of these objectives? If the centers of power within the global system, by their very nature and position, are keen to prevent—or rather, to ensure the failure—of the goals of solidarity rights, does civil society and human rights organizations have alternative proposals that would allow them to halt the clinical death of the fundamental principles of solidarity rights?
Program
| Lecture 1 | An introductory overview of solidarity rights, the course program, and its importance for political leaders and HR defenders. |
| Lecture 2 | The right to peace as a fundamental human and peoples’ right
Haytham Manna |
| Lecture 3 | The Third Generation of Rights and the Nature of the Political System: Syria as a Case Study
Professor Husam Miro |
| Lecture 4 | Peaceful coexistence (promoting a culture of coexistence and tolerance among religions and beliefs, opposing all forms of racism, violent extremism, and intolerance, and spreading a culture of social peace, human fraternity, the values of shared living, and genuine democratic behaviors and practices) – Attorney Bassam Al-Tarifi President of LTDDH |
| Lecture 5 | Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Basic Introductions (Haytham Manna) |
| Lecture 6 | Solidarity rights encompass a wide range of interconnected objectives. Therefore, it is difficult to achieve any progress in respecting these rights without guaranteeing civil peace, achieving justice, and establishing strong, democratic, representative, impartial, and credible governing institutions, free from corruption and nepotism.
Nasser Al-Ghazali, Director of DCTSCR |
| Lecture 7 | The Right to Resistance:
The remnants of the colonial era persist in reality and the global system, preventing peoples from fully enjoying their rights to sovereignty, self-determination, and equality. Therefore, we consider the right to resistance a fundamental right for all those struggling against occupation and settlement. This right is enshrined in numerous United Nations resolutions, and its respect is an essential condition for the dignity of peoples and their right to freedom and dignity. Dr. Nizam Assaf, President of IMHPR |
| Lecture 8 | Environmental Rights in Hybrid Conflict Contexts (Syria as a Case Study)
Dr. Ibrahim Muslem Senior Researcher in Environmental Rights at the Scandinavian Institute for Human Rights |
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Projects |
The right to development in post-armed conflict societies: The Syrian situation
The globalized international conflict over the right to development and the possibility of establishing a political economic culture opens the door to a different world
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Organizers:
International Movement for Human and Peoples’ Rights
Scandinavian Institute of HR/ Haytham Manna Foundation
Amman Center for Human Rights Studies Association
Association SIHR/FHM
The educational materials provided to participants to build their personal human rights library include:
- Course topics / Students receive the educational materials via email after each session
- One hundred international and regional documents on human rights protection
- Useful books to promote general awareness of human and peoples’ rights (PDF)
- Outstanding reports on defending human rights in crisis zones
- The report “Injustice in the Arab World and the way to Justice.”
Course Details
The training course will run from 18 September to the end of October 2026.
The first lecture will be held on Friday, 18/09/2026,
Corse Language: Arabic
Schedule: Every Friday evening: at 7:00 PM Geneva and Central European Time.
Two hours of sessions followed by discussion
Target Audience: Political cadres, human rights activists, lawyers, Para-jurists and journalists.
Registration:
Anyone wishing to register should send an email to sihrfhm@gmail.com, attaching their CV.
Registration fee: €200.
. Via direct bank transfer: IBAN (International Bank Account Number) FR76 1027 8073 6300 0222 5070 105
BIC (Bank Identifier Code) CMCIFR2A
Account Title (Account Owner)
SIHR FHM
50 CHEMIN DE LA PLANCHE BRULEE- 01210 FERNEY VOLTAIRE-France
Note: The registration fee is waived for those residing in a country experiencing a major crisis (Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq) or nominated by the International Movement for Human and Peoples’ Rights