Your highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, As the Expo Dubai 2020 opens for six months starting on 1 October 2021 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under the …
New report exposes billions in European financial support to companies in illegal Israeli settlements
672 European financial institutions have financial relationships with 50 businesses that are actively involved with illegal Israeli settlements. These financial institutions provided US$ 114 billion in the form of loans …
Palestine: Israeli Apartheid Must be Rejected by African States
24 September 2021 – Amid growing international recognition that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid, 21 Palestinian, African, and regional human rights organizations, including the Cairo Institute for Human …
United Nations urged to intervene to save dozens of Yemenis sentenced to death, in light of the recent execution of 9 defendants after flawed trial proceedings
On 24 September, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) and Yemeni human rights organizations sent an urgent appeal calling on the special procedures of the United Nations Human Rights …
Rights groups launch new people-led campaign to hold Yemen’s peace spoilers to account
View PostUN Human Rights Council: Renew Libya Fact-Finding Mission’s Mandate
(Geneva, September 21, 2021) – United Nations Human Rights Council member states, including Libya, should continue to support the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya by renewing its mandate during its …
Calls grow at UN to ensure international criminal investigation into atrocities in Yemen
View PostJoint Letter to the Human Rights Council calling for an International Investigative Mission into the Beirut Blast
To the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Excellencies, We, the undersigned Lebanese and international organizations, individuals, survivors, and families of the …
Libya: Government of National Unity relies on Gaddafi’s arsenal of repressive laws to restrict civil society and block its role in the electoral process
View PostJoint Letter to the Human Rights Council calling for an International Investigative Mission into the Beirut Blast
To the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Excellencies, We, the undersigned Lebanese and international organizations, individuals, survivors, and families of the …