Participants in the conference on “The Role of the Judiciary in the Process of Political Reform in Egypt and in the Arab World” held in Cairo from 1st to 3rd …
The Final Statement of the Second Civil Forum Parallel to the Arab Summit
The Civil Forum, held parallel to the Arab Summit, held its second meeting in Rabat, Morocco, 17 to 19 February 2006. The Forum is organized by the Cairo Institute for …
NGOs Urge for Strong Human Rights Commitments in EU-Egypt Action Plan
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIRP), in collaboration with the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), organized a joint mission to …
Political Reform in the Egyptian-European Negotiations
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has submitted to the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Commission (EC) a memorandum on the priorities of the issues …
Civil Society Demands that the EU-Egyptian Negotiations Follow the Ukrainian Rather the Israeli Model, Criticizes non-Transparency of, And its Exclusion from, Negotiations
Civil society organizations call upon the European Union (EU) and the Egyptian government to consult with civil society in the current bilateral negotiations on the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) Plan …
A Seminar on the European Neighborhood Policy Human Rights and the Egyptian-European Relations
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) will be holding a seminar on the “European Neighborhood Policy: Human Rights and the Egyptian-European …
Media and the Egyptian Presidential and Parliamentary Elections
CIHRS monitored Egyptian media’s coverage of the Presidential and Legislative Election held in 2005. In implementing this initiative, the CIHRS adhered to all internationally recognized standards on the role of …
12 Egyptian Rights Groups Demand International Fact-Finding Team on Killing of Sudanese Protestors
Twelve Egyptian human rights organizations today sent a letter to Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights demanding an international fact-finding team to investigate the violent removal by …
Euro-Egyptian Negotiations Must Be Transparent and Accessible to Civil Society NGOs: Press Release signed by 25 NGOs
Today, Cairo witnesses launching of the Euro-Egyptian Negotiations about the action plan on Egypt within the context of European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), which European Union (EU) issued in May 2004, …
CIHRS Criticizes National Human Rights Council’s Bias to the Ruling Party and Kefayah’s Labelling of Political Opponents as Traitors
The CIHRS expresses its concern about the statements made by the president and vice-president of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) in Al-Ahram daily on the 19th, 22nd & …