On 23 November 2022, ahead of the 21st session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC), 198 organizations sent an open letter to the …
European Parliament debates Egypt’s human rights situation with European Commission, resolution calls for strong EU measures to address crisis
View Post67 European parliamentarians, calling for the immediate release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies welcomes the appeal issued this morning, Wednesday, 23 November, by 67 European parliamentarians, calling on European authorities and governments, including the French government, …
Libya: European Parliament issues a new resolution on European policy toward Libya
View PostAlgeria: Human rights activists denounce claims of Algerian UPR delegation to the United Nations regarding human rights situation in the country
In the fourth session of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Algeria’s human rights record was examined on 11 November before the United Nations in Geneva. The Algerian delegation presented inaccurate …
Libya: House of Representatives must immediately repeal Anti- Cybercrime Law
The undersigned human rights organizations demand that the Libyan House of Representatives repeal the Anti-Cybercrime Law n°5/2022 issued on September 27th, 2022. We call for the law not to be …
Algeria’s whitewashing at the UN called out by human rights organizations at the UPR
Tomorrow, United Nations member states have the obligation to scrutinize the government’s misleading claims about human rights when discussing Algeria’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN[1]. Algerian authorities continue …
Human Rights Organizations Appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Urge the Saudi Authorities to Halt Executions
To the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Respected Sir, We, the undersigned organisations, write this open letter about the gravely concerning trends in Saudi Arabia’s recent use of …
Bahrain: Pope Francis on Bahrain Visit Should Condemn Abuses
Call for End to Death Penalty, Release of Those Unjustly Detained Pope Francis should press Bahrain to end its human rights abuses when he visits the country from November 3 …
Human rights groups call for Special UN Session on Iran amid protests
We are writing to raise our deep concerns about the Iranian authorities’ mobilization of their well honed machinery of repression to ruthlessly crackdown on current nationwide protests. The United Nations …