International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance
As technologies that facilitate State surveillance of communications advance, States are failing to ensure that laws and regulations related to communications surveillance adhere to international human rights and adequately protect …
CIHRS announces the release of: “Human Rights across Cultures”
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, in collaboration with the Danish Center for Human Rights and the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute, released a new book entitled “Human Rights across Cultures.” …
“Delivering Democracy” The Future of Human Rights between the “Arab Spring” and Political Islam?
Press release on the launch of CIHRS’ annual report on the state of human rights in the Arab region Two years after the “Arab Spring” swept the Arab region and …
“Delivering Democracy” 5th CIHRS’ annual report on the human rights situation in the Arab world
This report evaluates the situation of human rights in Egypt and 12 other Arab countries, describing the battle for the “Arab Spring” that continues to be waged on three fronts: …
CIHRS documents acts of reprisals carried out against defenders from the Gulf region for cooperating with the UN
Today, 12 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a report entitled “Cut off from the World: Systematic Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in the Gulf …
Will the Ittihadiyya clashes become a routine model to settle
?political disputes in Egypt
CIHRS report documents testimonies of the wounded and demonstrators from both sides On 5and 6 December, bloody clashes took place in the vicinity of the Ittihadiyya Presidential Palace in …
Claiming to restore security; draft laws proposed by the Interior Ministry seek to discipline the Egyptian people and criminalize their revolution
In the Mubarak era, a law restricting the press was drafted for the sake of a “free press” and a law repressing civil society was submitted in the name of …
After President Mohamed Morsy’s first 100 days: Worrying indications for the future of human rights; Major crises remain unresolved
In the first one hundred days of Mohamed Morsy’s presidency, human rights issues remained neglected and state authorities continued to violate human rights, even though the current president possesses more …
Evaluating the media performance during the 2011 parliamentary elections
An analytical study of the performance of 20 media outlets over the 3-month period during which the elections were held Freedom and independence of the media is a cornerstone of …