To: All Member States of the United Nations Re: Providing adequate funding for OHCHR to fulfill its vital mandate; Ensuring continued support for OHCHR’s crucial work on civil society cooperation. …
Saudi Arabia: Meet Standards to Join UN Rights Body
Free Activists, Make Rights Reforms
Saudi Arabia should take immediate steps to improve its human rights record as it campaigns for a three-year seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, six human rights groups said …
Human rights abusers must not be elected to United Nations Human Rights Council
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 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 …
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 – …
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 …