The City of Geneva and the Martin Ennals Foundation are honored to invite you to the 2013 edition of this award. The laureate will be announced at the Ceremony on: …
Human Rights Council must do more to protect human rights in Palestine, Syria, Egypt
The 23rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council), which concluded on 14 June 2013, began with a special focus on Syria and the deteriorating situation in …
In an oral intervention to the UN: Instead of accountability for violations, international community offers Israel political rewards
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Al-Haq presented an oral intervention to the UN Human Rights Council (the Council),on Monday, june 10, in which they condemned the …
77 international and regional organizations urge the Human Rights Council to stop attempts to undermine UPR
United Nations Human Rights Council: 23rd Session Joint Oral statement Item 6 – General Debate 10 June 2013, UPR Info Thank you Mr. President, Civil society is deeply concerned …
30 regional and international organizations condemn US violations to its international obligations in Guantanamo
Item 4 General Debate HRC 23 5 June 2013 Thank you Mr. president, The United States continues to detain individuals for indefinite periods without charge or trial at Guantanamo …
Syrian rights defenders call for Syria to be referred to the International Criminal Court
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in cooperation with the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, held a side event yesterday, Friday, 7 June 2013, on the state of human …
The Cairo Institute at the United Nations: Human Rights Workers Sentenced to Prison while Protestors’ Killers Go Free
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention to the UN Human Rights Council (the Council) today, 7 June 2013, in which it discussed the state …
Deteriorating health of arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq
New information obtained by human rights organizations has heightened concerns about the secret detention and failing health of a prominent Syrian human rights lawyer who has not been heard from …
In an oral intervention to the UN Human Rights Council:
The Cairo Institute and Euro-Med Network condemn grave violations in Syria
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, presented an oral intervention on Syria to the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) today, Tuesday, June …