Haytham Manna: President of the Scandinavian Institute for Human Rights
-Spokesperson of the Arab Commission for Human Rights up to Sep.2011
- Born in Omalmayaden (South Syria) in 1951. Family name: ALOUDAT
- Studied Medicine at the University of Damascus in Syria, and Mary & Pierre Currie in France.
- Received a Diploma in psychosomatic treatment from the University of Paris 13, and a Diploma in sleeping and waking disorders from the University of Montpellier, 1989. Taught courses on sleeping disorders at the University of North Paris in 1990.
- Co-founder and member of the direction of redaction of the French theoretic revue SOU’AL (1980-1990).
- Co-founder and Director of the Revue MOUKARABAT (1998-2006)
- Studied social sciences and received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the High­er Institute of Social Sciences, Paris, 1983.
- Coordinator of Dr. Kuzbari (President and founder of the Syrian League for Human Rights) Committee ( 1982-1985).
- Co-founder and international relations supervisor of the Committees for The Defense of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria (1990-1998).
- Vice President of the International Federation for Human Rights(1994-1997).
- Member of the Commission of Religions in Amnesty International-Paris (1995-1998)
- Member of Reform Penal International(1996-1999)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Program for Human Rights Activists(1996-2001).
- President of the Arab Center for the Independence of Judiciary 2002
- Spokesperson of the Arab Commission for Human Rights (1998-2002)
- Honored by Human Rights Watch in 1992.
- Medal of Human Rights- National Academy of Sciences- Washington (1996).
- Member of the direction of Justicia Universalis
- Member of the Direction of AVRE (France)
- President of the International Bureau of Humanitarian NGOs (Geneva) - 2004
- Core team Member of the Arab Human Development Report, UNDP, 2005-2006

Works:
- The Revolt of the Peasant Commune in 1886, Damascus, 1975. In Arabic
- Woman in Islam, Beirut, 1980. In Arabic.
- L’Islam et la maladie, EHESS, Paris, 1983, (in French)
- The Arab-Islamic Society From Muhammad to My, Paris, 1986. In Arabic
- The Production of Man in the Mediterranean East: The Clan, The Tribe And The State, Beirut, 1986. In Arabic
- The Woman!!, Coln, 1988. In Arabic
- Sommeil-Veil: Approche éco-psycho-somatique, Université de Paris XIII, 1989. In French.
- The World of Sleep, Lataqia, 1990.
- The Veil, Coln, 1990.
- The Dialectic of Enlightenment, Beirut, 1990.
- The Challenges of Enlightenment, Coln, 1991.
- The Victim and The Executioner, Cairo, 1995.
- Human Rights in the Arab-Islamic Culture. 1996
- Citizenship in the Arab-Islamic History ( In Arabic and English) 1998
- Islam et Hérésies, l’Harmattan, Paris, 1997. ( in French)
- Torture in the Arab World in the 20th century. Paris, 1998. ( In Arabic and French 2end edition: Violence et torture dans le monde arabe- l’Harmattan 2000)
- First writtens about Human Rights in the Arab World, Coln-Beyrouth, 1999, in Arabic.
- Islamic fudamentalisms and human rights, Cairo 1999 et Arbil 2000.
- State of law in Tunisia, Cairo, 1999.
- Short Universal Encyclopedia of Human Rights, editors al-Ahali, Bisan, Erabe, Paris-Beyrouth-Damas,2000-2002.
- Islam and women rights, Cairo, 2001.
- Freedom in the literature of exile, Damascus-Paris, 2001.
- Islam and International Humanitarian Law, Amman 2002
- US and Human Rights, Paris et Damas, 2003
- A scream before the kill. Paris and Damas, 2004
- On Human Rights Culture. Beyrouth and Jedda 2004
- The Futur of Human Rights, Impunity and International Law, 2005
- Protection of journalists, 2005
- Rights of Child, 2005
- Human Rights and Humanitarian Action in the Arab World. In English, 2006
- Justice or Barabrism, 2006
- Civilian Resistance, 2008
- International Justice, from Norengerg to Gaza, 2009
- Dictato