Today 17 March 2021 the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) joined 56 African and international organizations calling for the African Union Commission to urgently address the deteriorating humanitarian …
Joint CSO letter calling for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran
TO: Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council Your Excellency, We, the undersigned Iranian and international human rights organisations, call on your government to support the renewal of …
Iran: Joint Statement on Court-Ordered Dissolution of Prominent Charity Group
We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, express our serious concern over an Iranian court order to dissolve one of the country’s largest registered NGOs working on poverty …
Cross-Regional Letter to European Commission on the EU Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation
In May 2020, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders announced that the European Commission will embark on proposing legislation on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence in 2021, a …
37 organisations denounce the ongoing harassment against KISA and call on the Cypriot authorities to reinstate their official registration as a non-governmental organisation (NGO)
On 3 March, KISA, a leading non-governmental organisation fighting for equality in Cyprus, will have a hearing that has implications for their very survival. In December 2020, the Cypriot Minister …
A new human rights report: How can the UK government protect human rights defenders
The unprecedented surge in attacks against human rights defenders around the world is the focus of a human rights report issued on February 10, 2021 by Amnesty International UK and …
80 CSOs urge U.S. Secretary of State Blinken to Increase Support for Human Rights Defenders
Eighty human rights, environmental, democracy and anti-corruption organizations-including the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies- led by EarthRights International have sent a letter to United States Secretary of State Antony …
Defend Democracy in Myanmar
Democracy organizations from around the world call on the Myanmar military to fully respect the results of the recent national elections, release all detained political and civil society leaders, refrain …
The European Investment Bank should protect human rights in its business practices, said 15 NGOs
On the occasion of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Board of Directors’ annual policy dialogue with civil society, fifteen organizations – among them CIHRS – called on the Board to …