The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies called upon the United Nations to conduct immediate investigations that would comply by international law standards in relation to the appalling attacks …
UN Committee against Torture deeply concerned about attacks against Human Rights Defenders in Yemen
(Geneva – 25 May 2010) The UN Committee against Torture (CAT), which reviewed the situation of torture in Yemen on 6 May, expressed deep concern about allegations of widespread …
UN expert committee deeply concerned about routine use of Torture in Syria
(19 May, 2010 – Geneva, Damascus) The UN Committee against Torture (CAT), after its first review of Syria, has concluded that there are “numerous, ongoing, and consistent allegations concerning …
Yemen’s Torture Record Reviewed by UN Experts
(12May, 2010 – Geneva) After being one of only two countries to ever fail to show up to its review at the 43rd session of the UN Committee against …
Press Release: UN Committee Against Torture Reviewed Syria’s Record for the First Time
(10 May, 2010 – Cairo) The widespread use of torture by security agencies in Syria, not only against political prisoners and detainees, but also against ordinary criminal detainees, is highlighted …
A Step on preventing impunity for war crimes committed in Gaza;
Palestine at the UN Rights Council: Hope and Hypocrisy A Step on preventing impunity for war crimes committed in Gaza; United States continues its constant support to Israel On Thursday March …
Fifty-three Rights Groups call on UN to help stop silencing of human rights activists, journalists and bloggers in Bahrain
Ms. Navanethem PillayUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)Palais des Nations, 1211 Genève 10 -SwitzerlandEmail: [email protected]: +41-22-917-9000 / Fax: …
Press Release -UN Human Rights Council: 47 Human Rights Organizations Urge States to Reject Draft Resolutions which Threaten to Undermine Freedom of Expression
Forty seven international, regional and national civil society organizations – including ARTICLE 19, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights – have …
Geneva: Human Rights in Egypt- Counter Terrorism Law and the price of “stability”
On 9/3/2010 as a side event to the thirteenth meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council, CIHRS, jointly with others, held an event titled “human right in Egypt- …