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Israeli Apartheid Undermines Palestinian Right to Health Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

In Arab Countries, International Advocacy Program by CIHRSApril 8, 2020

This year we mark World Health Day as the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to sweep across the globe, disproportionately impacting those subjected to situations of institutionalised oppression, discrimination, and …

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Palestine: On Land Day, Civil Society Calls for Accountability and an End to Israel’s Illegal Closure of Gaza

In Arab Countries, International Advocacy Program by CIHRSMarch 31, 2020

For the past two years,[1] Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip have gathered on a near-weekly basis to participate in the Great Return March demonstrations at the Gaza perimeter fence, …

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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Time to Recognise and End Israeli Apartheid over the Palestinian People

In Arab Countries, International Advocacy Program by CIHRSMarch 21, 2020

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination also marks the 60th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre under apartheid in South Africa, on 21 March 1960. At Sharpeville, police …

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Palestine: Over 75 Organizations Commend the UN High Commissioner for Publishing the Database of Businesses Involved in Illegal Israeli Settlements

In Arab Countries, International Advocacy Program by CIHRSMarch 19, 2020

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 …

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Palestine: CIHRS and Al-Haq welcome publication of UN Database on businesses involved in unlawful Israeli settlements

In International Advocacy Program, Statements and Position Papers by CIHRSFebruary 13, 2020

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 …

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Palestinian, Regional, and International Civil Society Organizations Submit Written Statements to the UN Human Rights Council

In Arab Countries, International Advocacy Program by CIHRSFebruary 10, 2020

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 …

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Palestine: United States Plan to Entrench Israel’s Apartheid Regime Must be Rejected

In International Advocacy Program by CIHRSFebruary 5, 2020

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 …

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CIHRS Ninth Annual Report: Evocations of the Arab Spring Amid Newly Drawn Armed Conflicts

In Annual Report, Books, CIHRS Publications by CIHRSJanuary 2, 2020

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 …

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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

In Arab Countries, International Advocacy Program by CIHRSDecember 20, 2019

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 …

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Apartheid Imposed by Israel Must be Condemned by International Community

In Arab Countries, International Advocacy Program by CIHRSDecember 13, 2019

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 …

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AXA Belgium Urged to Divest from Israeli Arms Company and Israeli Banks

In International Advocacy Program by CIHRSNovember 29, 2019

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 …

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Palestine: Accountability Must Be Ensured Following US Announcement that Israeli Settlements Not in Violation of International Law

In Arab Countries, International Advocacy Program by CIHRSNovember 27, 2019

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 …

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Regional and Palestinian Organizations Submit Report on Israeli Apartheid to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

In Arab Countries, International Advocacy Program by CIHRSNovember 21, 2019

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 …

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Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and Palestinian Organizations Appeal to UN Over Imminent Deportation of Activist Omar Barghouti

In Arab Countries, International Advocacy Program by CIHRSNovember 19, 2019

On 6 November 2019, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) along with Palestinian organizations Al-Haq, BADIL, and the Community Action Center at Al-Quds University sent a joint urgent …

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A Question of UN Credibility: Releasing the Settlements Database

In Opinion Articles by CIHRSNovember 19, 2019

by Nada Awad, Maha Abdullah Hundreds of Palestinian, regional, and international organizations have called on the previous and current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to release the UN database of companies engaged in …

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