Joint conference sponsored by the CIHRS and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights NetworkCairo, April 16-17, 2011 The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights …
Memo to the Prime Minister: Proposed unified law for houses of worship is a revised version of the Hamayouni Decree
Memo to the Prime Minister Press statement The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies sent a memo to Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, Deputy Prime Minister Yehya al-Gamal, and …
The tasks, objectives, and structure of the Home Land Security Agency: Important questions still unanswered
Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, participated in a forum yesterday titled “The Home Land Security and Prospects for the Future.” …
Memo to the Cabinet Legislative Committee
CIHRS expresses reservations on proposed People’s Assembly law and adopts electoral system of unconditional, closed proportional lists The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) submitted a memo …
El-Baradei campaign discusses document on constitutional principles with the Human Rights Forum
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hosted a meeting yesterday for members of Mohamed El-Baradei’s campaign staff and representatives of six human rights organizations. Participants discussed the document …
In the footsteps of the Tunisian revolution: A Constitution first
Press release singed by 25 Egyptian NGOs The undersigned human rights organizations call on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to engage constructively with demands from …
Situation in Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Egypt & Tunisia in an OI at the HRC
Thirteen Arab Human Rights Organizations call on the UN to:– Refer the situation in Syria and Yemen to the ICC– Hold a special session on Yemen and …
The African Union Mandates CIHRS to Conduct a Study on Freedom of Association in Africa
The African Commission for Human and People Rights (ACHPR) issued a resolution [ACHPR/Res.179 (XLIX) 2011] appointing the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and seven other African regional …
CIHRS submits memo to Prime Minister, Interior Minister, and Foreign Minister regarding current policies
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies submitted a memo “policies in the transitional period in Egypt from a human rights perspective” to the office of the Prime Minister. …
CIHRS sends Dr. Essam Sharaf the human rights organizations’ memo that was sent to Ahmed Nazif after the bombing of the Two Saints Church
In light of the sectarian violence that erupted in Imbaba, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies sent a memo signed by 14 member groups of the Forum of Independent …