I. Civil and political rightsA. Constitutional reformEgypt needs a new constitution, or at least a fundamental reform of the 1971 constitution, which constitutes the primary source of the chronic institutional …
In meeting with Foreign Ministry the CIHRS urges government to address Coptic and Nubian issues in UN report.
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies urged the Egyptian government to address several pressing issues in its report to the UN review committee on economic, social, and cultural rights, …
Egyptian human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Discuss the Egyptian Government’s Report with Representatives of 15 States
Press Release The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hosted a meeting earlier this morning where Independent NGOs from the Egyptian Human Rights Forum discussed possible ways to prepare for …
The Need for a Professional Code of Ethics for Media Coverage of Public Elections
A general observation, in addition to monitoring report published by competent organizations, including Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), revealed that the Egyptian mass media, either broadcast, visual …
Press Release: The Egyptian Journalists Syndicate Head Opens the Cairo Institute’s Conference
The Egyptian Journalists Syndicate Head, “Makram Mohamed Ahmed”; Opens The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies conference titled “Egypt on the Way to Parliamentary and Presidential Elections 2010 – 2011… …
US assistant secretary of state meets with human rights organizations
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hosted an open dialogue yesterday between Michael Posner, the assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, and representatives from ten …
Press Conference Invitation: Releasing Annual report on the state of Human Rights in the Arab World 2009
“Embrace diversity, end discrimination”Human Rights Day 2009 “A man spends his first years learning how to speak and the Arab regimes teach him silence for the rest of his …
Mohamed El-Sayed Said…The unstoppable march of struggle
Mohamed El-Sayed SaidThe unstoppable march of struggle The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies would like to join all those striving for freedom, justice, and human dignity in mourning …
POMED – CIHRS conference: Call for Applications
The Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) in cooperation with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Georgetown University’s Center for Democracy and Civil Society, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund …