In an Oral Intervention to the UN Human Rights Council: Yesterday, March 20, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention on the state of …
UN Human Rights Council must consolidate consensus on 16-18
ARTICLE 19 and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) are concerned that a new draft resolution on religious tolerance, tabled by the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at the …
CIHRS calls on Israel to cease all settlement activities and resume cooperation with UN rights bodies; and urges Palestine to ratify major human rights treaties
On March 18th 2013, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral intervention on human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, before the United Nations Human …
PAN AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK (PAHRD Net) STATEMENT ON BEATRICE MTETWA ARREST
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON Human rights defenders (HRDs) meeting in Cameroon at the first counterpart meeting of the PAHRD Net have learnt with shock and outrage at the arbitrary arrest and detention …
Egyptian Rights Defenders at UN: “Human rights crises in Egypt must be addressed”
Egyptian human rights defenders representing the Egyptian NGO Forum, a group of 23 independent Egyptian human rights organizations, have been present at the 22nd session of the United Nations Human …
Egyptian rights defenders address human rights in Egypt at UN Human Rights Council
As part of the activities of the 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), currently convened in Geneva, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented …
In the second anniversary of the Syrian revolution, CIHRS asks: How many more need to be killed before their lives are worth more than the games being played at the UN
UN Human Rights Council: 22nd session Oral intervention: Item 4 – ID on report of COI on Syria Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 12 March 2013 Delivered by: …
The Cairo Institute and Lawyers for Justice in Libya discuss the challenges facing human rights in Libya
At the UN Human Rights Council: On Friday, 8 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) held a side event …
UN Special Rapporteur and Cairo Institute discuss urgent need to protect Arab rights defenders
At UN Human Rights Council: On Wednesday, 6 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) co-sponsored a side event entitled “In Defense of Defenders: The Critical Need …
Re: Renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
Your Excellency, On 21 or 22 March 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will vote on the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation …
The Forum of Independent Human Rights NGOs condemns increasing restrictions on civil society, warns of draft legislation to paralyze NGOs in Egypt
In an Oral Intervention to the United Nations: In an oral intervention to the United Nations Human Rights Council presented yesterday, 5 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights …
Legislation Violates the Right to Freedom of Assembly in the Arab Region
Yesterday, March 4, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention on the legislation regulating the right to freedom of assembly in the Arab region …
In an Oral Intervention to the UN Human Rights Council: Despite their role in the Arab Uprisings, women face marginalization from political sphere
Yesterday, March 4, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies – in collaboration with Nazra for Feminist Studies, the New Woman Foundation, and the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women …
United Nations: Global Pressure Mounts on Bahrain to End Repression of Democracy Activists
. . . . . On the 28th February, at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, more than forty governments from every continent in the world delivered a joint …
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies at the United Nations: Human Rights Crisis Worsens in Egypt; Gulf States Punish Rights Defenders for Cooperating with the United Nations
Today, Monday, February 25, marks the beginning of the twenty-second session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), taking place at its headquarters in Geneva. The session’s events will continue …