On September 23, the Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in partnership with Human Rights Watch (HRW) organized a side event at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s …
Tomorrow: Human Rights Defenders Discuss Rights Violations in Syria at UN
The President’s 10 Year Anniversary:Curbing Worsening Repression andHuman Rights Abuses in Syria Thursday 23 September13.00 – 15.00Palais des Nations, room XXIV Human rights defenders and advocates discuss the legacy …
Human Rights Defenders Expose Bahraini Government Violations at UN Side Event
Today, September 22nd, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Human Rights Wath (HRW) held a Side Event entitled ’Crisis in Bahrain: Torture Revived, Crackdown on Human …
Continuing its Campaign to Raise Awareness of Grave Violations in Bahrain: CIHRS Denounces HRDs’ Prevention from Attending UN Meeting
United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15 Item 5 General Debate Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 21 September, 2010 Delivered by: Laila Matar Thank you Mr. President, The …
Tomorrow: Crisis in Bahrain- A Side Event Denouncing the Crackdown on HRDs at UN
Crisis in Bahrain: Torture Revived, Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders Wednesday 22 September13.00 – 15.00Palais des Nations, room XXIV The panel will discuss the crackdown on human rights …
Update: CIHRS Sets a Precedent, Human Rights Defender Speaks Via Skype at UN Side Event
Today, September 21st, a Side Event entitled “Reprisals against persons that have cooperated with the UN and its mechanisms and procedures in the field of human rights: Effective responses …
CIHRS Denounces Legal Discrimination against Women in the Arab World at UN
United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15 Panel on Discrimination Against Women- Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 20 September, 2010 Delivered by: Laila Matar Thank you …
Happening Now: CIHRS Condemns Rising Human Rights Violations in Syria and Bahrain before the UN
United Nations Human Rights Council: 15th Session Item 4: GD, Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 20 September, 2010 Delivered by: Ziad Abdel Tawab Thank you Mr. …
Tomorrow: International Experts Discuss the Fate of HRD Engagement with UN in Light of Governmental Reprisals
You are cordially invited to a panel discussion entitled: Reprisals against persons that have cooperated with the UN and its mechanisms and procedures in the field of human rights:Effective …
CIHRS and DBA Call on UN Human Rights Council to Fulfill its Responsibility to the Sudanese People
United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15 Item 4: Interactive Dialogue- IE on Sudan- Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 17 September 2010 Delivered by: Ziad Abdel …