Twenty-five years since the ratification of the Beijing Platform for Action, and a year since women across the world participated in the Women’s Global Strike – gender justice is still …
New Book by CIHRS: Prospects for Reform in the Arab Region in Post COVID-19 Realities
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has released a new book on 19 February 2021 titled “Prospects for Reform in the Arab Region in Post COVID-19 Realities.” The …
CIHRS Issues Recommendations for Biden-Harris Administration on Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Today the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) sent recommendations to the Biden-Harris administration in the United States on promoting and protecting human rights in the Middle East and …
Lebanon Must Ensure Justice and Accountability for Loqman Slim’s Assassination
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is greatly saddened over the assassination of Loqman Slim, a prominent Lebanese political activist. For the sake of justice, we are calling for …
CIHRS at the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
يتخذ مجلس حقوق الإنسان للأمم المتحدة خطوات مهمة لضمان المساءلة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقياعلى مدى ثلاثة أسابيع، باشر مجلس حقوق الإنسان بالأمم المتحدة أعمال جلسته الـ 45 في …
Conclusions of CIHRS 23rd Regional Forum: Prospects of Reform in the Arab Region in Post COVID-19 Realities
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies convened the 23rd Forum of the Human Rights Movement in the Arab region between August 31- September 7, bringing together over 50 human …
CIHRS 23rd Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement: Prospects of Reform in the Arab World in Post COVID-19 Realities
CIHRS 23rd Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement (August / September 2020) With growing attention given to the potential effects of COVID-19 on the increasingly eroding prospects of reform …
Lebanon: Joint Urgent Letter by Civil Society to UN Special Procedures following Beirut Explosion
In response to the devastating Beirut explosion on 4 August 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) joined the Arab Network for Development (ANND) and other Lebanese, regional, …
CIHRS and UNDEF partner up in new project to empower the next generation of human rights defenders in the Middle East and North Africa
Funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in partnership with Réseau Euromed France (REF) , Instants Vidéo and Ligue de …
CIHRS Ninth Annual Report: Evocations of the Arab Spring Amid Newly Drawn Armed Conflicts
With the uprisings and forces of democratization and political reform either smothered or preemptively stricken over the last several years, the Arab region is now experiencing renewed hope. The values …