Human Rights Student Organization

The Human Rights Student Organization (HRSO) is a student-run, non-profit organization and NGO that aims to increase awareness of human rights issues in Qatar.
It is dedicated to promoting student involvement in national and international health and human rights issues, providing the students with opportunities to tackle these issues, seeking to act on issues of social justice, and creating awareness through education and praxis.
Since the establishment of HRSO in August 2008, the organization has been working to raise awareness of various issues between the youth of Education City and the State of Qatar. HRSO has won several awards throughout its short yet powerful history.
Successful awareness-raising events, such as Global Pink Hijab Day and Break Your Nose, showed students that there were indeed problems in their community, and that there are ways to tackle these problems.
History
HRSO was established in August 2008 with an initial membership of only a handful of students. It is a member of Qatar Foundation.
Human rights youth conference
The 2010 Human Rights Youth Conference
The Human Rights Youth Conference allowed students to explore specific topics of concern in their community, and gave them a chance to come up with a solution for the Human Rights problems faced in Qatar.
Unlike similar programs, such as the Model United Nations, the HRYC attempted to convince concerned parties to implement the solutions students come up with, while at the same time students achieving the goals established in the conference.
Throughout the conference, the students worked together and make the "2010 Human Rights Youth Goals" those goals are to be implemented by students all over the state of Qatar during the whole of 2010.
The official communication medium of the conference was English. English was also be the language used in any documents produced by the conference. All participants were expected to be fluent in the language.
Objectives
The main objectives of the conference are:
*To raise awareness over human rights and their importance in the society
*To raise awareness over human rights problems faced in Qatar
*Give students in Qatar the opportunity to make a tangible change
*Give the students the opportunity to freely discuss current problems.
*To set up "The 2010 Human Rights Youth Goals"
Before the conference:
HRSO has divided its members into four major committees:
# Chair- Co Chair and Project Managers Committee:
This committee will be working on the content of the conference, and its outcomes. The committee is responsible of the topics for the conference. During the conference, the chairs and co chairs will ensure the smooth running of the conversation between the students but also responsible of getting the outcome of the each committee.
2. Media and Printing Committee:
This committee will be responsible for all the banners, folders, and information booklets. This committee will also be responsible for the website (www.hrso.org and www.hryc.hrso.org ), Facebook group and Twitter. Photography before and during the conference will be also the responsibility of the media and printing committee.
3. Logistics:
This committee is responsible of the logistics of the conference. Food, location and registration of the conference are all part of this committee. The logistics committee will also be responsible of the entire preparation prior the conference.
4. Registration:
This committee is a small committee of four, where they are responsible of the whole application of the students to the conference, and the selection of the students. The registration will be done on the website, where students will apply, and then selected.
Format
The HRYC took place over two days, in Doha, Qatar.
The first night was an introduction to the conference, and a chance for the students to get acquainted with each other.
The major activities happened over the course of the second day.
Students will be split into four groups.
Each group will address a specific topic with regard to human rights issues.
The group will also come up with a solution for the problem.
At the end of the day, all the groups will come together and share their future visions and project.
After the conference
Each group of students was assigned a project manager.
The project manager will be responsible of keeping the students together, focused on their goals and projects.
The projects that will be implemented will be carried out over the course of 2010.
The HRSO team
*Mohamed Farid - President and Founder - A Northwestern University in Qatar sophomore
*Abdelaziz Farhat - Vice President

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