AHJ Ethics Charter

The AHJ, Humanitarian Aid and Journalism Association sets out below the values it wishes to defend, as approved by its members and its founder.  

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The beneficiaries of AHJ's activities are invited to familiarize themselves with it and to respect the values defended by this charter.  

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AHJ defends freedom of expression, freedom of creation and equality between men and women.  

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AHJ wants everyone, alone or in common, whether a victim of war, victim of discrimination, refugee or ethnic minority, to be able to enjoy their right to free and pluralist information which contributes to its emancipation and to the full development of its cultural identity. This right is exercised regardless of frontiers and includes:  

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- the freedom to seek, receive and transmit information, 

- the right to participate in pluralistic information, in the language of one's choice, to contribute to its production or dissemination through all information and communication technologies;

- the right to respond to erroneous information on cultures, while respecting the rights set out in the Declaration of Cultural Rights.  

AHJ wants everyone, alone or in common, whether a victim of war, a victim of discrimination, a refugee or from an ethnic minority, to be able to enjoy their right, throughout their existence, to education and training which, by meeting their basic educational needs, contribute to their emancipation and to the free and full development of their cultural identity while respecting the rights of others and cultural diversity.  

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In conflict zones, when human distress causes serious tensions between men and women, AHJ redoubles its efforts to help women and children defend their human, civic and social rights, especially when these are violated, especially in the context of sexual violence.  

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AHJ supports civil society initiatives as long as they defend these same rights and are apolitical, non-confessional and aware of the challenges of our common future.  

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AHJ's action is part of the recommendations of numerous treaties, declarations, reference texts and political agendas, the most important of which are: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights , the Friborg Declaration on Cultural Rights , The Geneva Convention, the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

AHJ's Ethical charter

The Humanitarian Aid and Journalism Association (AHJ) declares herewith the values that it defends as they have been approved by the members and the founders of AHJ.  

Beneficiaries of AHJ's activities are invited to read and respect the values defended in this charter.  

AHJ upholds freedom of expression, freedom of creation and equality between women and men.  

AHJ upholds that everyone, alone or in community with others, whether they are victims of war or discrimination, refugees or from an ethnic minority, has the right to free and pluralistic information that contributes to the full development of their cultural identity. This right, which may be exercised regardless of frontiers, included in particular:

To. The freedom to seek, receive and impart information;

b. The right to participate in pluralist information, in language (s) of one's choice, to contribute to its production or its dissemination by way of all information and communication technologies;

vs. The right to respond to erroneous information concerning cultures, with full respect of the rights expressed in Friborg Declaration of Cultural Rights.

AHJ upholds that everyone, alone or in community with others, whether they are victims of war or discrimination, refugees or from an ethnic minority, has the right throughout one's lifespan, alone or in community with others, to education and training that, in response to fundamental educational needs, contribute to the free and full development of one's cultural identity while respecting the rights of others and cultural diversity.

In the conflict zones, where human distress provokes severe tensions between men and women, AHJ intensifies its efforts to support women and children in defending their human, civil and social rights, particularly when these have been denied, such as in the context of sexual violence .

AHJ supports the initiatives of civil society which defend these same rights and which are non-political, non-denominational and conscious of the challenges we face for our common future.

AHJ's action is in line with the principles of policy agendas and texts of references of which the most important are: 

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ,  Friborg Declaration of Cultural Rights,  The Geneva Convention 1951 , The Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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