The ongoing extrajudicial executions and other egregious human rights violations in the context of the “war on drugs” in the Philippines was the subject of a letter sent by the …
CIHRS stands with victims of racist police violence in their call to strengthen UN resolution
With over one thousand police killings in the United States alone and amid mass protests calling for racial justice following the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police …
Human rights organizations reject report of the U.S. State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights
CIHRS joined with scores of American and international human rights organizations in rejecting the report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights, established by the U.S. Department of State. As many …
Complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee over the role of Italy, Malta, and Libya in violating the right to leave Libya, resulting in denial of the rights of asylum seekers
Press conference on 28 July The Association for Juridical Studies on Migration (ASGI) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) filed a complaint on July 22 against Italy, …
On International Justice Day, integrity and independence of ICC must be defended against unprecedented attacks on global legal order
On International Justice Day, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and 47 member NGOs from around the world including CIHRS addressed an open letter to the President of the …
Yemen: 2020 Annual Report on Arms Exports of France
While the hearing of the Minister of the Armed Forces is held behind closed doors, Parliament must finally be able to exercise genuine control over the sale of French weapons.Paris, …
Human Rights Council: CIHRS welcomes FFM on Libya and calls for the HRC to put an end to Israeli apartheid
The 43rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council resumed on 15 June; it had been suspended on 13 March 2020 due to restrictions on meetings and assemblies in …
Palestine: France and the European Union must act to prevent a new Israeli annexation burying the two-state solution once and for all
From 1 July, the Israeli government plans to annex a new part of the West Bank. This unilateral decision is illegal under international law, and France and the European Union …
European Union: CSOs Open Letter to European and national leaders
Fundamental Rights in the EU: Put our money where our mouth is Dozens of civil society organizations (CSOs) have signed a joint open letter to EU leaders, calling on the …
Bahrain: FIDH Deputy Secretary General is Finally Free!
FIDH and 45 of its member organisations around the world celebrate the release of their Deputy Secretary General Nabeel Rajab, who was finally released from Jaw prison on a non-custodial …