Regarding the Appointment of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Re: Appointment of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 Your Excellency, The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) is deeply …
A Toolkit to Operationalize Recommendations and Ensure Implementation
Today, 21 March 2016, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a tool-kit (report) on how UN member states can take concrete action at the UN Human Rights …
CIHRS calls upon the international community to work towards a peaceful solution that guarantees dignity and basic human rights for the Syrian people
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) marks the fifth anniversary of the plight of the Syrian people by highlighting that its root causes and the reasons for its …
Human rights organizations call upon the Moroccan government to drop charges against rights activists and journalists
Yesterday evening, Tuesday March 15, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral intervention before the 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council currently convening …
mass forced evictions, displacement, and forcible suppression of anti-dam demonstrations before the regional body
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has decided to examine a case against the Republic of Sudan involving forced eviction, inadequate compensation and suppression of protesters during …
17 Egyptian Rights Groups Write to the High Commissioner on the Human Rights Situation in Egypt and Ask Him to Adopt their Recommendations
Yesterday, Wednesday, March 9, 17 Egyptian rights groups sent a letter to Zeid Ra’ad, the UN high commissioner for human rights, detailing the state of human rights in Egypt and …
17 Rights Groups to HRC:
Human Rights Defenders in Egypt Subject to Broad Abuses
17 Egyptian rights organizations, presented an oral intervention on Friday during the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council. In the intervention, the organizations expressed their deep concern for …
Re: Strengthening UN action towards the release of all arbitrarily detained persons and ensuring accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria
Your Excellency, We, the under-signed non-governmental organizations, write to reiterate the calls made by a group of civil society organizations[1] prior to the 30th session of the Human Rights Council. …
Human Rights Council: Create an international investigating mechanism for Yemen
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Excellencies, We, the under-signed non-governmental organizations, write to reiterate the calls made by a group of …