A press conference held today in Cairo called upon the new Arab Summit to tackle the issue of political reform in the Arab world seriously. The speakers emphasized that the …
CIHRS 8th Regional Forum of the Arab Human Rights Movement: An initiative for political reform in the Arab region
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized the 8th Regional Forum of the Arab Human Rights Movement held in Beirut, Lebanon from March 19 to March 22. The …
CIHRS Calls the League of Arab States to Adopt the UN Draft Arab Chapter for Human Rights without any Amendments The Draft is Considered a Victory to Civil Society and to Reform trends within the League
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) expresses, on behalf of 36 human rights organizations in the Arab World, fervent welcome to the draft Arab Charter of Human Rights, …
Which Arab Charter on Human Rights
After being lately updated by the permanent committee for Human Rights, the Arab charter on human rights project has been the core of a symposium organized by the Cairo Institute …
A drawback to the calls for reform The Arab convention on human rights materializes the colonial logic towards people: A declaration from 36 human rights organizations
On the 21st of December 2003, the delegation of experts from the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights hosted Mr. Bahey eldeen Hasan, the head of Cairo Institute for …
Are the Arabs at a lower rank than other peoples of the world?!
On the 10th of December 2003, 55 years have passed on the universal declaration of human rights, the first international legal document to be concerned with human rights all over …
The outside is rejected Could change come from the inside?
Some legal and political activists warned that delay in effecting democratic changes in the Arab countries, primarily Egypt, will lead to force these changes to come from outside in various …
CIHRS 6th Regional Forum of the Arab Human Rights Movement: Practical Methods for Renewal of Religious Discourse
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized the 6th Regional Forum of the Arab Human Rights Movement, which was held in Paris from August 12-13, 2003. The forum …
CIHRS Fifth Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement: Towards an effective regional protection for human rights (which Arab convention for human rights?)
On the 10th of June 2003, the Lebanese capital has witnessed the opening session of the regional Forum titled “Towards an effective regional protection for human rights: which Arab convention …