Coalition activities in 2024
10 activities and statements
“Values of Justice in Light of Current Conflicts and Wars”
A symposium with researchers and rights advocates from Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Yemen and Sudan.
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- Dr. Alia Al-AzmEngineer and trainer in personal development, Jordan
- Ms. Heba HassanDirector, Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms
- Mr. Bechir JouiniResearcher in international relations and former diplomat, Tunisia
- Dr. Mohamed SalmiProfessor of sociology, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco
- Dr. Abdulwahab AmerAssociate professor, Al-Iman University, Yemen; lecturer in Malaysia
- Dr. Ayman Tarek TahaQuality-systems consultant; head of Juhoud Organization for Relief and Development, Sudan
- Dr. Sabah El OmraniModerator, researcher in political science
“Childhood and War in Palestine”
A symposium on the suffering of Palestinian children in wartime, with speakers from Palestine, Jordan and the Netherlands.
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- Ms. Itimad Abdelaziz Al-TarshawiDirector-General of Planning and Institutional Development, Ministry of Labour, Palestine
- Dr. Bayan FakhriMember of the Jordanian Parliament
- Dr. Ibrahim MuhannaKuala Lumpur Forum for Thought and Civilization; Palestine Scholars Association
- Mr. Mimoun KasimiPresident of De Link, solidarity for humanitarian causes, Netherlands
- Dr. Hafida FarchachiModerator, president of the Moroccan Association Makarim
The President visits a child from Gaza receiving treatment in a Geneva hospital
The child lost a leg to shrapnel during the aggression on Gaza.
Legal registration of the Coalition completed in Geneva
“Recent Global Change in Ethics and Human Values”
A symposium on how shared human values are being distorted — in war and peace, the family, medicine and technology — and the need for a future in which truth, justice and dignity prevail.
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The symposium started from the observation that principles and frames of reference have been distorted, and that values such as justice, peace and freedom are applied inconsistently when defining aggressor and victim — as the contrasting international responses to the aggression on Palestinian land and to the war in Ukraine show — alongside the changes that advances in medicine, science and technology have brought to social norms.
Themes and speakers
- The civilizational change of values and a better future: Prof. Abdelaziz Berghout (former Deputy Rector, International Islamic University Malaysia), Dr. Abdelhalim Zeidan (Institute for Civilizational Development Programmes, Lebanon).
- A Qur’anic perspective on today’s global changes: Prof. Suleiman Al-Daqour (University of Jordan).
- International social change towards better values: Prof. Omar Hisham Al-Taleb (contemporary social sciences, USA), Dr. El Mostafa Benmoussa (Paris).
- Media transformation and the digital world: Ms. Alia Shaker (member of the Board of Trustees).
- Educational and value dimensions in a changing world: Dr. Salah Abdelsamie (Helwan University, Egypt), Prof. Mustafa Al-Alwani (political science, Iraq).
Moderator: Dr. Majed Abu Ghazaleh.
Statement on the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples
More than a year into the aggression on Gaza, and then on Lebanon, the Coalition sets out its position on the repeated violations of law and human values.
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Among the points declared by the Coalition:
- Condemnation of the repeated aggression on the Gaza Strip and on Lebanon, which has left tens of thousands of civilian victims.
- Support given by some states to the occupying power is regarded as actual participation in these crimes.
- Denunciation of the destruction of mosques and churches and the targeting of hospitals, schools, water resources, journalists and relief workers.
- Praise for the states, peoples and free people of the world who have stood for justice and truth.
- A call on states, institutions and peoples to use all legitimate means to stop the aggression and to speed up emergency relief.
- A call to reject sectarian slogans and to stand together under the banner of humanity and its shared values.
Closing ceremony accrediting the “Ambassadors of Virtue” – 2nd edition, “Fitra”
With an address on behalf of the Coalition by Dr. Abdelhakim Hajouji.
Publication of the “Global Human Conscience Appeal for Relief to Gaza”
Initiated and coordinated by the Coalition, the appeal was signed by 100 organizations and figures worldwide working in relief and humanitarian action, under the banner “All together for Gaza relief”.
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The appeal calls for an immediate end to the war on Gaza, the immediate lifting of the blockade and unhindered access for medical, food and fuel aid, land and sea relief convoys, working groups to plan reconstruction, psychosocial programmes for children and people with disabilities, and a roadmap to revive economic life.
Signatories include former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, Dr. Ali Mohyeddin Al-Qaradaghi, Mr. Bülent Yıldırım (IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation), French scholar François Burgat, and human rights and relief organizations from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Arab world.
“The Time Has Come for Practical Paths to Resolve the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza”
An international forum bringing together humanitarian organizations, academic institutions and leading figures to explore urgent ways to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza; it led to the “Global Human Conscience Appeal for Relief to Gaza”.
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Objectives
- Raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and identify the population’s most urgent needs.
- Propose concrete solutions and strengthen cooperation among stakeholders.
- Share the forum’s outcomes with as many humanitarian organizations as possible.
Some twenty speakers took part, including Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra (spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health), Mr. Bülent Yıldırım (president of IHH), Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan, Mr. Mohammed Hamdaoui, Dr. Noureddine Khadmi and members of the Coalition’s Board of Trustees.
Key recommendations
- Supporting and relieving the Palestinian people is a human duty, not only a religious or national one.
- Press for the immediate lifting of the blockade and unhindered humanitarian access.
- Organize land and sea convoys and join the freedom flotillas to break the siege.
- Set up working groups to plan the reconstruction of Gaza after a permanent ceasefire.
- Health care and psychosocial programmes for children and people with disabilities, and a roadmap to revive economic life.
Participants entrusted the Coalition’s management with coordinating the implementation of these initiatives.
“The Crisis of Human Values: Between Observed Imbalances and Hope for Strengthening Our Common Humanity”
An in-person symposium at La Maison Internationale des Associations in Geneva, held alongside the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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The symposium started from the observation that today’s world is living through a moral crisis at many levels — political, economic, social, artistic and media — in which moral relativism has blurred values and standards, and in which the war on Gaza exposed the bias of major media and official discourse.
Main topics
- Mapping and analysing the global ethical landscape: the nature, causes and effects of the crisis.
- Proposing solutions to contemporary ethical challenges such as inequality, global violence and coercion.
- Identifying and promoting shared moral principles that transcend cultural and geographical borders.
- Building bridges and imagining the future: dialogue between civilizations, education and civil society.
Speakers
- Dr. Abdelhakim HajoujiPresident of the Global Coalition for Ethics and Human Values
- Mr. Mohammed HamdaouiPresident of the International Centre for Human Values and Cultural Cooperation
- Dr. Abbas ArouaDirector and founder, Cordoba Peace Institute
- Mr. Mohamed Amine HamidouneModerator, researcher in social sciences
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