Jurists and politicians unanimously agreed that Egyptian reactions concerning the recently released European Parliament report were emotive, stressful, and lacked rationality and objectivity. The report included downright condemnation of the …
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies’ (CIHRS) Report On the Consultative Meeting on Methods of Activating the Arab Charter of Human Rights (ACHR)
Upon entering into force, is there a chance for the Arab Charter of Human Rights (ACHR) to be activated? The deliberations in the consultative meeting held in Cairo on December …
Letter to To EU-Egypt sub-committee for human rights, democracy, international and regional affairs
Cairo, January 16, 2008 To EU-Egypt sub-committee for human rights, democracy, international and regional affairs A letter by 32 NGOs With reference to your clear policy in support of NGOs’ …
CIHRS Participates in Two International Strategic Meetings on the United Nations Human Rights Council; and a Cross-regional Network of NGOs is Announced
On 29-30th October, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in an “Expert Talk” on Perspectives of the UN Human Rights Council held in Berlin, Germany. The “talk” …
Letter to the Arab League on the Situation in Darfur
Your Excellency, We are writing to you in advance of your attendance at the meeting of the League of Arab States due to take place in Khartoum on 30-31 October …
The Crisis of the Autonomy of Universities in Egypt: The New Students’ Charter Strengthens the Nationalization of the Students’ Unions(A position paper)
The statements of the executive authority representatives regarding the new Students’ Charter, which ought to be issued during the current academic year, renewed fears that the framers of the new …
A “Political” Civil War in Egypt! ( A Position Paper)
“In its latest statement to the public opinion, the Syndicate of Journalists considered the sentences of imprisonment passed collectively against four editors in chief as a “declaration of war against …
A disturbing deterioration on all fronts
The Executive Committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network is concerned at the noticeable deterioration of the human rights situation in the whole Euromed region. It denounces in particular the …
Israel/Lebanon: Israeli Indiscriminate Attacks Killed Most Civilians:No Evidence of Widespread Hezbollah ‘Shielding’
Israel’s indiscriminate airstrikes, not Hezbollah’s shielding as claimed by Israeli officials, caused most of the approximately 900 civilian deaths in Lebanon during the July-August 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, …
Sudan : Women and Children Must Be Protected from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Says High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Government of the Sudan must protect women and children from sexual and gender-based violence, says a new report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights that …
A final report : “What is the Future of the Movements for Democratic Change in the Arab World?”
Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHR) convened a workshop titled “What is the Future of Movements for Democratic Change in the Arab World?” during the 19th-20th of May 2007. Sixty …
Free Kian: Letter From the Arab World
This is a letter from academics, intellectuals, writers, and activists from the Arab world in the fields of human rights, education, culture, and environment:Kian Tajbakhsh’s detention is a flagrant and …
Press Conference: The findings of the mission to the refugee camps in eastern Chad
The Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is honored to invite you to the press conference on the findings of the FIDH, and partners, mission to the Darfur refugee …
In interventions before the Fifth Session of the UN Human Rights Council: CIHRS Hails International Trial of War Criminals in Darfur and Calls for Protection of Human Rights Mechanisms at the UNHRC
A delegation representing the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights participated in the proceedings of the Fifth Session of the United Nations Human …
CIHRS urges the Arab League and its member states to support the work of the ICC in Darfur; and ensure aid, protection and peace for Darfur civilians
Geneva/Cairo, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) commends recent efforts by some members of the League of Arab States to promote and facilitate the revitalization of a peace …