November 15, 2013. While the appeals trial of human right defender Naji Fateel is due to start on November 18, 2013, a group of human rights NGOs regrets the lack …
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 …
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. …
In an Oral Intervention to the Human Rights Council:
The Cairo Institute Deplores Absence of Transitional Justice in Arab Countries
Yesterday, 13 September 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies presented an oral intervention about the state of transitional justice in the countries of the “Arab Spring” to the …
In a Side Event at the United Nations Human Rights Council:
Repression and Impunity in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
Yesterday, 12 September 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) organized an event …
At the UN, The Cairo Institute Discusses: Human Rights as Arab Countries Struggle for Democracy
Today, Monday, 9 September 2013, marks the beginning of the twenty-fourth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) in Geneva. The session is scheduled to continue until …
Joint appeal to the UN against ill-treatment and torture of detained human rights defenders, activists and photojournalist in Bahrain
The following is a joint appeal to three UN Special Rapporteurs calling for an investigation to torture in Bahraini prisons. The appeal, signed by over 50 NGOs, was initiated by …
“Delivering Democracy” 5th CIHRS’ annual report on the human rights situation in the Arab world
This report evaluates the situation of human rights in Egypt and 12 other Arab countries, describing the battle for the “Arab Spring” that continues to be waged on three fronts: …
CIHRS documents acts of reprisals carried out against defenders from the Gulf region for cooperating with the UN
Today, 12 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a report entitled “Cut off from the World: Systematic Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in the Gulf …