From 10-28 September, during the 21st Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council), an unprecedented number of governments from the Arab region came under international scrutiny and …
Crimes go unpunished in Gaza, while Israel ignores international calls for accountability
Yesterday, Monday, 24 September 2012, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral intervention during a discussion of the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories …
No Exceptions: Israel should be Held Responsible for its Crimes
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns Israel’s decision to cut relations with the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human …
64 years later, peaceful resistance triumphs from the heart of Israeli jails
On the 64th anniversary of Al Nakba, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hails the courage and resilience of thousands of Palestinian prisoners as they continue to …
Days before holding the Arab Summit in Baghdad… CIHRS condemns the UN’s inability to put an end to the violations in the OPTs and its failure in limiting illegal expansions of Israeli settlements amid Arab and International silence
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) addressed the ongoing violations and the deteriorating human rights conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) in an intervention before the …
A year of Arab struggle for democracy: The 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council: will the international community respond to Palestinian and Bahraini cries?
On Monday, February 27, 2012, the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) was inaugurated at the council’s headquarters in Geneva; the session is slated to close on …
Palestine…the right to self determination: a guaranteed right, not a shameful request
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) harshly criticized the double standards that Characterized the ways in which the US and other countries treat Palestine in the international …
18th session of the UN Human Rights Council opens in Geneva. CIHRS presents human right situation in the region through a series of written and oral interventions and side events
Today, 12 September, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) inaugurates its 18th session in its Geneva headquarters, which is scheduled to continue until 30 September. This session is of particular …
Goldstone’s statements do not trump international justice for victims
The 26 undersigned human rights organizations express great concern over the attempts undertaken by Israel to bury the recommendations and conclusions of the Goldstone Report, viewing them as clear …
Roots of Unrest in the Arab World
Today, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) issues its third annual report on the state of human rights in the Arab world in 2010, with a special …