In reaction to the worsening human rights situation in Algeria, 31 local, regional and international civil society organizations, in the letter below, called on UN member states, the Office of …
Yemen – U.N. Human Rights Council: Help Bridge Yemen’s “Acute Accountability Gap”
22 September 2020 – States should help pave the way towards credible accountability and redress for the people of Yemen by renewing and strengthening international investigations into war crimes, other …
Algeria: Arbitrary detention of journalist Khaled Drareni another blow to democratic transition, discrediting the Presidency’s promise of reform
The undersigned civil society groups are alarmed at the continued and escalating attacks on civic space in Algeria and call on the government to end their crackdown on journalistic and …
Sudan: The United Nations should continue support of systemic human rights reforms
Days before the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council beginning on September 9, 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) joined more than 20 regional …
Palestine: UN must urgently intervene to ensure Israel upholds its legal obligations toward Palestinian prisoners and detainees
The need for urgent intervention to ensure the right to health and safety is upheld for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention centres was reasserted in a joint urgent appeal to …
Civil society calls on HRC to strengthen GEE mandate and focus on accountability for human rights violations in Yemen
On 20 August 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Mwatana for Human Rights submitted a joint written statement to the 45th Regular Session of the UN …
Yemen: Release of arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared civilians must be prioritized by all parties to the conflict
As the war in Yemen approaches its seventh year, many families continue to suffer as the fate of their loved ones remains unknown in both official and unofficial detention centers …
Saudia Arabia: At the upcoming 45th Human Rights Council, the Kingdom must be pressured to comply with its international human rights obligations
In a September 1st public letter to the foreign ministers of member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a number of human rights organizations – among them the …
Libya: National authorities and international community must urgently protect demonstrators and freedom of expression in Libya
CIHRS and the Libya Platform[1] Repressing fundamental freedoms will only serve to reinforce crisis of legitimacy on both sides The population in Libya has suffered greatly from the armed conflict …
To member and observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council should urgently launch an independent international investigative mechanism on the human rights situation in the Philippines
The ongoing extrajudicial executions and other egregious human rights violations in the context of the “war on drugs” in the Philippines was the subject of a letter sent by the …
Egypt: State security threats and security-dominated judiciary will not discourage human rights defenders from protecting the rights of Egyptians
The sentence of 15 years in prison for human rights defender Bahey eldin Hassan, issued in absentia today by Cairo’s Fifth Circuit Terrorism Court, is condemned by the Cairo Institute …
Lebanon: Joint Urgent Letter by Civil Society to UN Special Procedures following Beirut Explosion
In response to the devastating Beirut explosion on 4 August 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) joined the Arab Network for Development (ANND) and other Lebanese, regional, …
Sudan: CIHRS meets with Sudanese prime minister to discuss obstacles to democratic transition in Sudan
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok invited the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and a number of international human rights organizations to participate in a consultative meeting – held on …
Libya: Photojournalist Ismail Al-Zoui sentenced to 15 years of prison after unfair Trial
Counterterrorism legislation must not be used to silence dissenting voices The sentencing of photojournalist and activist Ismail Bouzriba Al-Zoui to 15 years in prison by a military court in Benghazi …
Complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee over the role of Italy, Malta, and Libya in violating the right to leave Libya, resulting in denial of the rights of asylum seekers
Press conference on 28 July The Association for Juridical Studies on Migration (ASGI) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) filed a complaint on July 22 against Italy, …