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 …
Libya: Armed Attack on Tripoli Court Underscores Urgency of Restoring Rule of Law
On 15 July, the Abu Salim Personal Status Court affiliated with the Bab Ben Ghashir District Court in Tripoli, was the target of a violent armed assault. According to media …
The unlawful suspension of access to asylum in Greece must be immediately withdrawn
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, condemn the unlawful and impermissible legislative provision adopted by the Hellenic Parliament on Friday 11 July 2025 (Article 79 of Law 5218/2025) which imposes …
United States of America: Sanctions on the United Nations Special Rapporteur an assault on human rights
We, the signatory civil society organisations, are gravely concerned about United States of America (USA) sanctions imposed on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of …
The 59th Session of the Human Rights Council:
The genocide economy, mass graves, and transnational repression lack an effective international response
On 9 July 2025, the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council concluded. Held in difficult circumstances, the session was marked by a worrying decline in interest in …
UN Review of Egypt’s Human Rights Record:
Egyptian government’s flagrant refusal to halt widespread rights violations should be a wake-up call
On the 2nd of July, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council concluded its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Egyptian government’s human rights record. Dozens of states from around …
DBIO Coalition Welcomes UN Special Rapporteur’s Call for Corporate Accountability in ongoing Genocide and Occupation
The Don’t Buy into Occupation (DBIO) coalition welcomes the publication of a landmark report by the UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, which directly calls on European financial institutions to stop …
Gaza: Starvation or Gunfire – This is Not a Humanitarian Response
200+ NGOs call for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift …