CIHRS calls for stronger global leadership to protect the rights of real people in real places, and to protect the United Nations human rights system On the 10th Anniversary of …
Regarding the Appointment of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Re: Appointment of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 Your Excellency, The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) is deeply …
A Toolkit to Operationalize Recommendations and Ensure Implementation
Today, 21 March 2016, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a tool-kit (report) on how UN member states can take concrete action at the UN Human Rights …
Bahey eldin Hassan Meets with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, met on Friday, March 4, with Zeid Bin Ra’ad, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at …
CIHRS calls on immediate action to uphold international law, and withdraw Israeli forces from the city
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) expresses its deep concern regarding the wave of violence taking place in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Israel since 2 October. …
CIHRS in its annual report: Arab governments’ hostility to reform and change exacerbated civil wars and terrorism
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies said that the Arab world is witnessing an unparalleled deterioration in the human rights situation amid armed conflicts and civil wars resulting from …
CIHRS calls for triggering international accountability mechanisms to deter perpetrators and provide remedies to victims
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and several international and Palestinian organizations have, over the past two days, discussed the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory …
A step towards ending Israeli impunity, and realizing longstanding peace in the region
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) welcomes the findings and recommendations of the United Nations’ investigation into the 2014 Gaza conflict and the situation in the Occupied Palestinian …
CIHRS: violations in the region cannot be stopped without guarantees for the freedom of civil society and an end to impunity
Today, Monday, June 15, 2015, the UN Human Rights Council inaugurates its 29th session in Geneva, scheduled to end on July 3. In this session, the HRC will focus on …
The Palestinian Nakba persists amid total Israeli impunity and double standards by the international community
CIHRS is deeply concerned that the 67th anniversary of al-Nakba (the Palestinian Catastrophe) has passed with very little done on the ground to ensure justice and peace in the Occupied …