The Forum of the civil society which was parallel to the “Forum for the Future” closed its proceedings in Rabat yesterday. It ended up with recommendations and a comprehensive document …
The Greater Middle East Initiative and the Arab Civil Society
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CHIRS) organized a seminar on “The Greater Middle East Project and the Arab Civil Society” yesterday. The purpose of the seminar was to discuss …
The 9th Regional Forum of the Arab Human Rights Movement: Priorities and mechanisms for reform in the Arab world
Organized by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, and International Policy Magazine, the 9th Regional Forum of the Arab Human Rights Movement convened …
Civil Society and Reform: The EU-US Summit
A press conference held in Brussels this morning called upon the EU-US Summit held in Dublin to take into account that any international initiative for reform should invoke the real …
Having failed to adopt a plan for reform: The Arab Summit welcomes External Reform! Statement by 34 NGOs from 14 Arab States
The hereunder signatory institutions express their sorrow regarding the meager outcomes of the Arab summit regarding Arab issues, especially the issue of political reform. The institutions confirm that the results …
It is not a matter of Where or When …The Arab Summit should Take a Serious Stance towards Political Reform
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, …
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 …