The Arab Archives Institute is a research center specialized in research and documentation and aims at collecting and carrying out studies and research on freedom of expression, human rights and media freedoms in the Arab countries.



The Institute holds seminars/ conferences to achieve its objectives of promoting media freedoms, transparency and human rights/women rights.



By establishing an archives system that hosts basic data, information, and analysis on controversial issues in Arab societies, the Institute intends to gather material regarding the development of civil society institutions, democratic practices and human rights through research, studies, conferences and media campaigns.



To achieve these objectives, the Institute aims at:



- Establishing an archives center that collects all material related to media freedoms, civil society institutions, human rights and democracy that exist in the Arab countries or in universities and bookshops around the world.



- Developing a computerised information system that can help and assist researchers and analysts who work in this domain.



- Holding seminars, workshops and conferences whose objective is to promote public awareness of media freedoms, human rights and developing democracy.



- Cooperating and collaborating with local and international NGO's who share the interest of freedom of expression and human rights development and progress of Arab thought in studies and research.



- Cooperating with the different media means locally and internationally in producing TV programmes and publishing material whose objective is to promote public awareness of the issues at stake.



- Documenting recent and old publications that are of concern to the development of Arab thought.