This year marks the 67th anniversary of the Palestinian nakba, or catastrophe, when forces with the nascent Israeli state dispossessed the Palestinian people, a process that continues to this day. …
Israel Continues its Systematic Violation of Palestinian Self-Determination, Human Rights, and Dignity
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender and Palestinian legislator Khalida Jarrar who has been detained by Israeli …
10 NGOs working on Palestine and CIHRS launch a United Nations campaign for international accountability
On 12-13 February 2015, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies co-organized a delegation of human rights and humanitarian organizations working on Palestine in Geneva in preparation for the 28th …
Saudi Arabia Flogs a Citizen and Egypt Imprisons another for ‘Offending Islam’
Bahey El Din Hassan, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Director, stated that there is no qualitative difference between the position of terrorist groups and that of some Arab …
The Israeli Army’s Excessive and Indiscriminate Use of Force Against Gaza Creates an Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis
Yesterday, 23 September, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention before the United Nations Human Rights Council on the necessity of ensuring respect for international …
CIHRS Examines the Human Rights Situation in Syria, Libya, Palestine, Yemen and Qatar
CIHRS Welcomes the New High Commissioner, and Calls for Further Efforts Against Repression and Corruption in the Region On September 8, the UN Human Rights Council opened its 27th session …
CIHRS calls for the referral of the situation in the OPTs to the ICC and the creation of a Commission of Inquiry
On July 23rd 2014, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has delivered an oral intervention during the Special Session on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian …
establish an independent commission of inquiry into violations of international law committed during Israeli ‘Operation Protective Edge’ and ensuring accountability
Geneva-Paris, The undersigned national, regional and international human rights organisations call upon the UN Human Rights Council, which will convene a Special Session on 23 July 2014, to establish an …
The Cairo Institute Denounces Brutal Aggression against Gaza, Demands an End to Collective Punishment of Civilians
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) expresses its absolute condemnation of the widespread brutal attacks launched by the Israeli Occupation Forces against the Gaza Strip. These attacks have …
Israeli Settlement Efforts Must be Boycotted and Obstructed
On 24 June, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies presented an oral intervention at the 26thsession of the United Nations Human Rights Council (convened in Geneva until the 27 June) …