In a letter sent on 17 March 2020, seventy-eight organizations commended United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and her Office for the publication of the UN …
Palestine: CIHRS and Al-Haq welcome publication of UN Database on businesses involved in unlawful Israeli settlements
Yesterday’s publication of the UN database of businesses engaged in activities related to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is welcomed by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …
Palestinian, Regional, and International Civil Society Organizations Submit Written Statements to the UN Human Rights Council
On 3 February 2020, a group of 14 Palestinian, regional, and international civil society organizations sent five joint written submissions on the human rights of the Palestinian People to the …
Palestine: United States Plan to Entrench Israel’s Apartheid Regime Must be Rejected
Over the last three years, the Trump administration has increasingly implemented one-sided policies favoring the Government of Israel that contravene international law and reward Israel’s illegal actions. These policies reinforce …
CIHRS Ninth Annual Report: Evocations of the Arab Spring Amid Newly Drawn Armed Conflicts
With the uprisings and forces of democratization and political reform either smothered or preemptively stricken over the last several years, the Arab region is now experiencing renewed hope. The values …
Human rights organisations welcome Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on racial segregation and apartheid on both sides of the Green Line
Palestinian, regional, and international human rights organisations welcome the adoption, on Friday, 12 December 2019, by the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD or ‘the …
Apartheid Imposed by Israel Must be Condemned by International Community
Israel’s Policy of Systematic Discrimination Probed by United Nations Committee (Geneva) – On December 4 and 5 2019, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) reviewed …
AXA Belgium Urged to Divest from Israeli Arms Company and Israeli Banks
On November 29, 22 organizations sent a letter addressed to AXA Belgium CEO Jef Van In urging AXA to divest its investments in Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms company, and …
Palestine: Accountability Must Be Ensured Following US Announcement that Israeli Settlements Not in Violation of International Law
We, a group of Palestinian and regional organizations, condemn the recent announcement by United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on 18 November 2019, declaring that “[t]he establishment of …
Regional and Palestinian Organizations Submit Report on Israeli Apartheid to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
On 10 November 2019, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered a Joint Parallel Report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) with …