The international community should ensure that States responsible for gross human rights violations and that fail to protect human rights defenders or cooperate with the UN are not elected to …
New CIHRS report: Opportunities remain for cooperation between civil society and the League of Arab States
On Monday, October 28, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) issued a new thematic report on the mechanisms of cooperation between Arab civil society and the League …
CIHRS at the African Commission:
North African states must adopt legislation to protect the right to access to information
54th Session of the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights Banjul – 27 Oct. 2013 Oral Statement by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Item 10: Freedom of …
New Report Brings Economic & Social Rights Deficits To Attention Of UN
Almost three years have passed since the people of Egypt rose up against the autocratic regime of President Hosni Mubarak, demanding a more just society. In the face of ongoing …
130 Groups Across Africa Call for Countries to Back ICC AU Summit Should Support Court, Including Kenya Cases
(Johannesburg) – 130 groups from across Africa called on African members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a letter made public today to affirm their support for the court at an extraordinary …
Letter to Foreign Ministers on Support for the ICC in Advance of Extraordinary AU Summit
Updated to include additional endorsements on October 9, 2013 Foreign Ministers African States Parties to the International Criminal Court Re: Support for the ICC at African Union (AU) summit on …
CIHRS at the UN Human Rights Council:
Steps Must Be Taken to Protect and Promote Human Rights in the Arab Region
The 24th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) came to an end last Friday, September 27, 2013. Although many Arab and international civil society groups – …
End targeting of human rights defenders and political dissidents in Bahrain!
The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned about the unfair sentences which are likely to be given to 50 Bahraini political and rights activists who have been on trial …
Human Rights Council 24th session End of session statement
Joint statement on behalf of International Service for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Conectas …
The Cairo Institute Denounces Lacking International Response to Violations to International Law in Sudan
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention on the situation of human rights in Sudan to the UN Human Rights Council Yesterday, 25 September 2013. …
In Two Oral Interventions to the United Nations:
The Cairo Institute and Al-Haq Denounce Ongoing Violations by Israeli Settlements in Palestine
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Al-Haq presented two oral interventions on the situation of human rights in Palestine to the UN Human Rights Council (the Council) …
Leading NGOs urge States to reject proposals from Russia, Cuba and Pakistan to weaken civil society protections
To: Permanent Representatives at the UN Human Rights Council RE: Amendments proposed by Cuba, Pakistan and the Russian Federation to: Draft resolution A/HRC/24/L.24 on “Civil society space – Creating and …
In a statement before the Human Rights Council:
CIHRS and AFTE Condemns Rights Violations in Egypt
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) presented a statement on the situation of human rights in Egypt to the …
In an Oral Intervention to the Human Rights Council:
Human Rights Organizations Call for Justice in Syria
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Euro-Mediterranean Network for Human Rights (EMHRN) and number of Syrian Human Rights Organizations presented an oral intervention on the ongoing atrocities …
In an intervention before the Human Rights Council:
Human rights in Bahrain continue to deteriorate
24th session of the Human Rights Council Item 4 – Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention: Bahrain 17 September 2013 Delivered by Mariam Al-Khawaja Thank you, Mr. …