In the first case dealing with the deaths of protesters in events related to the January 25th uprising, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights decided to consider a …
The United Nations Examines Status of Human Rights in Syria, Yemen, and the Occupied Territories; Focuses on Judicial Independence and the Right to Peaceful Protest
Today, Tuesday, June 10, the UN Human Rights Council inaugurates its 26th session in Geneva; the session is scheduled to end on June 27. During this time, the council will …
Proposed Arab Court of Human Rights: An empty vessel without substantial changes to the draft statute
The undersigned national and global human rights organizations today called upon the League of Arab State’s (LAS) member States to substantially revise the draft statute of the Arab Court of …
Palestinians from Syria Face Serious Discrimination in the Arab Region
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is deeply concerned by the decisions of several Arab capitals to forcibly return Palestinians to Syria. This new policy would only serve …
Syria: Free Prominent Rights Defenders
Armed Groups Should End Harassment, Abductions
A prominent human rights defender and three of her colleagues believed to be in the custody of an armed opposition group should immediately be freed, 45 civil society organizations said …
Call for sustained engagement to secure consistent and coordinated UN action against reprisals
To: Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Cc: Chair of the Council Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) Member State representatives to COHOM All EU Member States’ Permanent …
Permanent Representative at the UN Human Rights Council Re: Situation of human rights in Bahrain
Your Excellency, The undersigned NGOs remain deeply concerned by ongoing serious human rights violations in Bahrain, including the politically motivated imprisonment of high-profile opposition activists and human rights defenders after …
Statement by Civil Society Organizations on Need for Justice
Over one hundred civil society groups from around the world issued the following statement today to urge the United Nations Security Council to approve a resolution to refer the situation …
Re: Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in South Sudan
Excellency, The undersigned South Sudanese, African and international non-governmental organizations are writing to appeal to your Government to urgently support the convening of a Special Session of the Human Rights …