The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) in collaboration with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation against …
Open Letter by Arab Organisations to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the European Union (EU) and the League of Arab States (LAS)
As leaders of over 200 organisations across the Middle East and North Africa, we urge the United Nations Security Council, the EU and the Arab League to take immediate …
Oral Intervention by CIHRS at the United Nations Human Rights Council- 15th Special Session- on Libya
Oral Intervention 25 February, 2011 Delivered by: Laila Matar (CIHRS, UN advocacy representative) The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is encouraged by the statement of the Organization of Islamic …
General Assembly Should Suspend Libya’s Membership Rights
(Geneva) – The president of the UN Human Rights Council, Ambassador Sihasak Phuangketkeow of Thailand, should urgently carry out the council’s timely decision to establish an independent international commission …
Civil Society Petition: General Assembly should suspend Libya’s UN Human Rights Council membership rights
24 February 2011 As nongovernmental organizations from all regions of the world working in the field of human rights, we call upon the United Nations General Assembly to immediately …
Petition for immediate action by the United Nations Human Rights Council: Silence is Not an Option!
Silence is Not an Option! Petition for immediate action by the United Nations Human Rights Council February 23, 2011 The undersigned organisations urge the Human Rights …
Press Release: Regional and International NGOs meet with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to discuss the situation in Tunisia
Two days ago, Amnesty International, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), Human Rights Watch (HRW), …
CIHRS and Partners Discuss Human Rights in North Africa and Sudan at the African Commission
On 11 November 2010, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), la Collectif des Familles des Disparus en Algerie (CFDA), and …
Silencing the Voices of Victims: Attacks on NGOs by North African States and Sudan at the African Commission for Human Rights
(14 November, 2010 – Banjul) A number of African states concerted an attack on national, regional, and international NGOs, including CIHRS, following an intervention by the NGOs outlining …
CIHRS and Partners Discuss Human Rights in North Africa and Sudan at the African Commission
On 11 November 2010, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), la Collectif des Familles des Disparus en Algerie (CFDA), and the …