As technologies that facilitate State surveillance of communications advance, States are failing to ensure that laws and regulations related to communications surveillance adhere to international human rights and adequately protect …
30 regional and international organizations condemn US violations to its international obligations in Guantanamo
Item 4 General Debate HRC 23 5 June 2013 Thank you Mr. president, The United States continues to detain individuals for indefinite periods without charge or trial at Guantanamo …
Femen: You’re Doing it Wrong
Originally Posted in Al Akhbar English By: Paola Salwan Daher, Joseph Daher In a Marxist interpretation of feminism, the way we understand it, feminism is a revolutionary current that …
Spring at the United Nations:
Positive Action Breathes New Life into the UN Human Rights Council, but Challenges Remain
(22 March, 2013 – Geneva) The 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) comes to an end on 22 March. While the Council has been heavily …
Adoption of an unprecedented resolution at the UN to end the financial strangulation of human rights NGOs
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) World Organization against Torture (OMCT) Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS – Egypt) Human Rights Center VIASNA (Belarus) ADC Memorial (Russia) Cairo – Saint-Petersburg – Minsk …
UN Human Rights Council must consolidate consensus on 16-18
ARTICLE 19 and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) are concerned that a new draft resolution on religious tolerance, tabled by the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at the …
PAN AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK (PAHRD Net) STATEMENT ON BEATRICE MTETWA ARREST
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON Human rights defenders (HRDs) meeting in Cameroon at the first counterpart meeting of the PAHRD Net have learnt with shock and outrage at the arbitrary arrest and detention …
UN Special Rapporteur and Cairo Institute discuss urgent need to protect Arab rights defenders
At UN Human Rights Council: On Wednesday, 6 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) co-sponsored a side event entitled “In Defense of Defenders: The Critical Need …
Re: Renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
Your Excellency, On 21 or 22 March 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will vote on the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation …