Throughout the course of over a month, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) took part in the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC), …
CSO issue paper: EBRD human rights due diligence based on safe and meaningful public participation
This issue paper highlights the gaps in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) project-level due diligence on human rights impacts. It explains why the EBRD must develop effective …
CIHRS and partners welcome the Human Rights Committee concluding observations on Israel emphasizing the “pre-existing systematic and structural discrimination against non-Jews”
On 30 March 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) issued its concluding observations on its review of Israel’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political …
Algeria: Spain forsakes international obligations in appalling refoulement of Algerian whistleblower
The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the deportation by Spain of Algerian activist Mohamed Benhalima, in the evening of 24 March 2022, despite the risks of torture and serious human rights …
Egypt: Atrocious prison conditions require genuine rather than superficial changes to the law regulating prisons
Egypt’s parliament approved the amendment of several provisions of Law no. 369 of 1956 on the regulation of prisons and it was ratified by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on 20 …
Palestine: At high-level side event held by CIHRS, Special Rapporteur Lynk to present latest findings concluding that Israel authorities are committing the crime of apartheid
(Geneva) – On 22 March 2022, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) along with 22 civil society organizations and the missions of Malaysia, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, and South …
101 Organisations Working in and on Yemen Urge Immediate Action
Joint Open Letter to the UN Security Council Representatives The conflict in Yemen will enter into its eighth year tomorrow, and civilians continue to bear the brunt of the fighting. …
Joint letter calling on the HRC to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran
TO: Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council Your Excellency, We, the undersigned Iranian and international human rights organisations, call on your country to support the renewal of …
Open Letter: Social media companies must take urgent action to protect Libyan human rights defenders
Respected Chairpersons and Staff at Facebook, Twitter and Telegram, Front Line Defenders, an international human right organisation which works to provide hands-on practical support to human rights defenders at risk …
Palestine: Human Rights Defender and Lawyer Salah Hammouri Facing Continued Arbitrary Detention and at Imminent Risk of Forcible Deportation
On 21 March 2022, a joint urgent appeal on the recent arbitrary arrest and detention of Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hammouri by Israel was submitted to the United Nations …