A quarterly intellectual periodical focusing on human rights issues. It contributes to the growing human rights movement in the Arab region and responds to the need for researchers and active debates over human rights in general and within the Arab World in particular. It mainly aims at:
1- Contributing to bolstering human rights values in the Arab World;
2- Developing a rational interpretation of the Arab-Islamic legacy from a human rights perspective;
3- Promoting an Arab perspective vis-à-vis the philosophy and principles of human rights, to enable Arabs to take part in this domain in such a way as to focus on Arab problems and their cultural precedence;
4- Revealing problems hindering the diffusion and entrenchment of human rights principles and values in the Arab World;
5- Studying the problematic raised by the application of human rights within Arab societies.
ROWAQ ARABI is composed of five permanent sections:
1- Studies, including four or five studies.
2- Reports on the human rights situation in the Arab World.
3- Debates over controversial issues discussed in workshops, seminars and salons.
4- Book reviews.
5- Documents.

Sawasia is bimonthly bulletin spreading information about CIHRS activities and projects,in addition to discussions of human rights issues. It contributes to raising awareness with human rights issues among a wide spectrum of readers.