About Frontiers Association

 

Frontiers (Ruwad) is a non-profit and apolitical non-governmental organization based in Lebanon, Reg. # 231/أد.  Frontiers aims at enhancing and consolidating the human rights culture embodied in the International Bill of Rights and in the Lebanese Constitution on both the individual and collective levels; safeguarding and defending fundamental rights and public freedom of individuals and groups without discrimination; and seeking to be a center for building capacities in order to achieve sustainable human development.

 

FR became a non-governmental organization in 2004.  It currently has two main operating programs: migration and developing a civic responsibility culture.

 

FR was founded by a group of Lebanese human rights activists who had been active on refugee issues through the Ad-Hoc Committee in Support of Refugees and Asylum-seekers (ACSRA) (1999-2002 )and for one year with a civil company called Frontiers Center (2003).  Building on this history, part of FR’s mandate is to defend and advocate and on behalf of refugees and asylum-seekers.  FR is developing a professional quality refugee rights program.  Its staff and partners are trained and advised by experts with experience in international refugee law and legal aid development, and includes counselors with backgrounds in law and social sciences.

 

At present, FR’s main activities in the refugee arena include legal aid and counseling of refugees and asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrant groups; research and publication on pertinent refugee issues in Lebanon; information dissemination and raising awareness; empowerment of refugees; and networking at international and national level.

 

 

 

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