Yesterday, March 4, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies – in collaboration with Nazra for Feminist Studies, the New Woman Foundation, and the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women …
Letter to Ethiopia regarding Human Rights Council Candidacy
November 8, 2012 Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Office of the Prime Minster P.O. Box 1031 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dear Prime Minister, We, the undersigned, are …
Turkish-Egyptian Conversations on Contemporary Democratic and Political Transformations
The Middle East Studies CenterandThe Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Cordially invite you to a one-day conference on Turkish-Egyptian Conversations on Contemporary Democratic and Political Transformations Tuesday …
Horizons of political reform in the Arab world
Forward: Sally Sami Concluding statement of the 14th Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement Here
Letter from Civil Society Organizations to State Representatives: “Defamation” & “denigration” of religions at the 16th Session of the UNHRC
Geneva, 9 March 2011 Excellency, We are writing to you to strongly urge your government to actively engage in the negotiations on the resolution on “combating defamation of religions”/”combating …
Tomorrow: International Experts Discuss the Fate of HRD Engagement with UN in Light of Governmental Reprisals
You are cordially invited to a panel discussion entitled: Reprisals against persons that have cooperated with the UN and its mechanisms and procedures in the field of human rights:Effective …
UN Rights Body Ends With a Whimper: On the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the United Nations Human Rights Council struggles to address rights violations
The latest session of the UN Human Rights Council, which ended on June 18, has highlighted the political malaise that has made it difficult for the world’s preeminent …
Joint Oral Intervention before HRC 11th session about Universal Periodic Review Report on Djibouti
Human Rights Council Eleventh Session Item 6 Consideration of Universal Periodic Review Report on Djibouti Read by Mr. Hassan Shire Sheikh, East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network …
Open letter from CIHRS to President Obama regarding his speech in Egypt
An open letter from the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies To President Barack Obama On the occasion of his Cairo speech to the “blacks” of the twenty-first century Mr. …