Press Release The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies regrets to announce that the proposed constitutional amendments, slated to be put before a popular referendum on March 19, …
CIHRS Starts Political Rights Workshop on Sunday
The Human Rights Education Program at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is resuming its activities on Sunday 6 March, with the start of a six days …
Human Rights Organizations Condemn the Trial of Civilians before Military Courts
Press Release – 2 March 2011 The undersigned organizations today condemned a military tribunal’s conviction of Amr Abdallah Abd el-Rasoul el-Beheiry (32 years) on March 1st on charges …
The Supreme Council of Armed Forces is urged to open the doors for democratic transformation and secure accountability of the Mubarak regime
Press release From Civil Society Organizations The Supreme Council of Armed Forces is urged to open the doors for democratic transformation and secure accountability of the Mubarak regime The …
Oral Intervention by CIHRS at the United Nations Human Rights Council- 15th Special Session- on Libya
Oral Intervention 25 February, 2011 Delivered by: Laila Matar (CIHRS, UN advocacy representative) The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is encouraged by the statement of the Organization of Islamic …
Petition for immediate action by the United Nations Human Rights Council: Silence is Not an Option!
Silence is Not an Option! Petition for immediate action by the United Nations Human Rights Council February 23, 2011 The undersigned organisations urge the Human Rights …
The Egyptian government must positively respond to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights request for a facts finding mission
Forum of Independent Human Rights NGOs February 21, 2011 Press release Member organizations of the Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights Organizations (the Forum) welcome the request filed …
The Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations: Long live the Egyptian popular revolution
Roadmap for a nation of rights and the rule of law Statement by the Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations • Civilian body to oversee the country’s affairs for a one-year …
Far-reaching political reforms, not repression: the only reasonable approach to the Egyptian ‘Day of Rage’
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) wishes to express its deep esteem for the Egyptian people who rose up in governorates around the country to loudly proclaim …
CIHRS Meets a Delegation from the U.S. Council of Foreign Relations
Bahey Eldin Hassan, Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), met today with a Delegation from the US Council of Foreign Relations, at the CIHRS Cairo …