The Arab region is facing an immeasurably more profound crisis than it faced at the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings seven years ago, contends the Eight Annual Report issued …
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies at the United Nations | 38th Session of the Human Rights Council
Between 18 June and 6 July 2018, the 38th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (the Council) took place in Geneva, Switzerland. While the session focused mostly …
CIHRS Analyzes Prospects for Peace and Democratic Transition in Libya
At the beginning of May, the Libyan people suffered yet another terrorist attack as they struggle to transition into democracy, this time with a suicide bombing of the electoral commission …
Libya Platform: Although an important step, Paris meeting stymied by failure to draft security sector reform plan and activate effective deterrence mechanisms
While welcoming the Tuesday May 29th meeting in Paris between warring Libyan parties and the UN and representatives of the international community, the Libya Platform fears this latest attempt to …
UN Must Do More to End Impunity for Atrocities in the MENA Region
37th Session of the Human Rights Council
Libya|Open letter to the Libyan state: support a mechanism to determine individual accountability for violations in Libya
We urge Libya to accept through the HRC an international investigative mechanism for Libya, to deter further horrific human rights violations of hundreds of thousands of Libyans as well as migrants and refugees and stop ongoing human rights abuses by armed groups and militias. Such mechanism would need the sufficient resources to be able to determine the facts and circumstances of violations and abuses across Libya and identify individual perpetrators and chain of command.
Libya Platform: The Presidential Council of the GNA must abide by its responsibility to ensure the protection and safe return of the displaced Tawergha community
The Libya Platform, comprised of 16 Libyan organizations, is deeply concerned about recent developments regarding the return of residents to the city of Tawergha. Tawergha residents were forcibly expelled from …
Libya | Urgent Appeal: Libya Platform calls on UNSC member states to throw full support behind ICC investigations into grave and systematic violations of international humanitarian law
The Libya Platform (LP), composed of 16 CSOs, has issued an urgent appeal to member states of the UN Security Council, urging them to take a swift, decisive stand on …
Libya | The Libya Platform condemns violations amounting to war crimes committed at Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and nearby residential areas
The Libya Platform, a coalition of 16 organizations, condemns the armed assault on the Mitiga Airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli and the shelling of adjacent residential areas on Monday, …
CIHRS concludes its tenth regional training program on international human rights mechanisms
On Sunday December 10, 2017, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) concluded its tenth regional training program on international human rights mechanisms (IHRM 10) in Tunis. Twenty human …