Dear ADB President Masato Kanda, As representatives of civil society organizations we acknowledge that there is a long-standing history of engagement between civil society and ADB member constituencies as well …
More than 200 Organisations: Inhumane Deportation Rules Should be Rejected
On 11 March 2025, the European Commission presented a new proposal for a Return Regulation to replace the current Return Directive. Behind the euphemistic name, the proposal outlines coercive, traumatising, …
New international joint campaign to stop foreign complicity in Israel’s illegal settlement project: Stop Trade with Settlements
Download the report as a PDF fileRead the reportCampaign focuses on companies that trade, or have until recently traded, with Israeli settlements JCB (UK), Barclays Bank (UK), Siemens (Germany), Carrefour …
Organizations Reject European Parliament Debate Exploiting Women’s Rights to Promote Anti-Migrant Hate
This Wednesday,10 September, during the European Parliament Plenary, a “debate” titled ”After 10 years, time to end mass migration now – protect our women and children” will be held in …
NGOs urge participants to withdraw from “World Summit on Counter-Terrorism” in Israel amid genocide in Gaza
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, strongly urge all participants to withdraw from the upcoming World Summit on Counter-Terrorism organised by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), a research institute …
The 60th Session of the Human Rights Council
UN Member States Must Reinvigorate Efforts to Protect Civilians and Uphold International Law in Yemen
Your Excellencies, As the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) prepares to convene its 60th session, we, Yemeni and international civil society organizations, write to urge you and your government …
Yemen: Civilians Suffer Amid Houthi Raids on UN Agencies and Israeli Airstrikes
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns the raids conducted by Ansar Allah (Houthis) on the offices of United Nations agencies in Sana’a and Hudaydah on 31 August …
Yemen: Enforced Disappearance: A Crime Awaiting Justice
Justice for Victims Begins with Truth, Ends with Peace
Enforced disappearance in Yemen is a worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis. It has become a deliberate tool to intimidate opponents, silence critical voices, and spread fear within society, operating …
Libya: Current Crackdown Indicates Broader Entrenchment of Institutional Repression under Religious and National Security Pretexts
Download the report as a PDF fileThe Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has exposed the deleterious closure of pace for independent civil society in Libya since the country’s …
Libya: Further Deterioration Imminent in Absence of Urgent Reforms
Download the report as a PDF fileWorsening human rights violations and widening restrictions on public freedoms were underscored in a joint report for Libya’s Universal Period Review, submitted to the …
Israel’s New Gaza Campaign: Escalating Genocide and Illegal Occupation Amid Humanitarian Catastrophe
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is deeply alarmed by Israel’s new plan to expand its already overwhelming military occupation of the Gaza Strip by taking full control …
Sudan: Extend the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission for two more years
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) 14 August 2025 Your Excellencies, Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s …
Human Rights Letter to U.S. Congress Members: Stop U.S. Support for the Catastrophic Suffering Imposed by Israel in Gaza
Dear Members of Congress, We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our grave concern regarding the preventable humanitarian catastrophe and mass starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip. We urge you …
Algeria: Human Rights Community Widely Condemns Deportation of Activist Nassera Dutour from her Homeland
In response to an egregious violation of the fundamental rights of an Algerian citizen committed to truth and justice, we as members of the Solidarity with Algeria Collective, with the …
Civil Society Letter on the UN80 Process: Proposals for Strengthening the UN Human Rights Pillar
H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General H.E. Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights On 12 March 2025, the Secretary-General launched the UN80 Initiative that aims …