Ms. Michelle Bachelet United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais Wilson – United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, Switzerland Dear Madam High Commissioner, The …
Libya: Roadmap for Human Rights Reform and Restoring the Rule of Law
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in cooperation with the Libya Platform (LP) coalition, published the Roadmap for Human Rights and Restoring the Rule of Law in Libya …
35 African civil society organisations call for strong AU response to popular uprising in Sudan.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Excellencies, Representatives of the AU Peace and Security Council Member States, H.E. Chairperson Mr. Moussa Faki, African Union Commission, Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned African civil society …
Sudan | European Union: Don’t Host ICC suspect
The EU-LAS Summit is scheduled to take place from 24-25 February 2019 in Egypt. The Sudanese president is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of criminal responsibility …
Civil society call on Human Rights Council to dispatch an independent international fact-finding mission in Sudan
Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Dear Excellencies, We, the undersigned Sudanese, African and international organisations and individuals, write to you ahead of …
Libya Platform: Human rights defender Ali Nouh remembered for his devotion to human rights and justice for all Libyans, without distinction or discrimination
With great sorrow, the Libya Platform mourns the death of human rights defender Ali Mohamed Abdelslam Nouh, who passed away on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 after suffering from long illness and …
CIHRS launches Rowaq Arabi for analyses of the human rights movement in volatile political and social contexts
On the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 20th anniversary of the Paris Declaration on Human Rights Defenders Today, 28 December 2018, the Cairo Institute …
Sudan: International community must intervene immediately to save lives from ICC fugitive president who uses live ammunition on protesters
The undersigned rights organizations admonish the Sudanese authorities’ use of excessive force in responding to popular protests underway since December 19, which culminated in the death and injury of dozens …
Tunisia: Equal inheritance historic step toward gender equality in Arab region
Rights organizations in the Arab region applaud the Tunisian president and cabinet for ratifying the bill on equal inheritance for men and women last month, and referring it to the …
Egypt: European Parliament denounces Egypt’s rampant human rights abuses, calls on other institutions and Member States to act
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) commends the European Parliament’s adoption of an urgency resolution on Egypt during its Thursday December 13 plenary session. “The resolution constitutes the …