At the current 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) a UN Special Rapporteur will present the first official report by a UN special procedure on …
United Nations: Using counter-terrorism legislation to suppress basic freedoms undermines human rights in the Middle East and North Africa
On 10 March 2022, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and 14 local, regional, and international organizations held an online side event in parallel to the 49th session …
European States should adopt a Consistent Approach toward Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Palestine during Human Rights Council Session 49
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On 26 January 2022, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) joined 60 NGOs, trade unions and other civil society groups based in Europe and the United States in …
CIHRS at the Democracy Summit
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View PostJoint NGO Letter Urging EU Targeted Sanctions Against NSO Group
Dear EU High Representative Borrell and Foreign Ministers of the EU member states, We are writing following credible revelations that Israeli NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware was used to hack the devices of …
More than 100 trade unions, political parties and human rights groups send letter to EU in support of Palestinian civil society
Dear High Representative, As organisations based in Europe, we would like to alert you to the extremely serious situation created by the slander of the State of Israel against six …