Throughout the course of over a month, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) took part in the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC), …
CIHRS and partners welcome the Human Rights Committee concluding observations on Israel emphasizing the “pre-existing systematic and structural discrimination against non-Jews”
On 30 March 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) issued its concluding observations on its review of Israel’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political …
Palestine: At high-level side event held by CIHRS, Special Rapporteur Lynk to present latest findings concluding that Israel authorities are committing the crime of apartheid
(Geneva) – On 22 March 2022, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) along with 22 civil society organizations and the missions of Malaysia, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, and South …
Palestine: Human Rights Defender and Lawyer Salah Hammouri Facing Continued Arbitrary Detention and at Imminent Risk of Forcible Deportation
On 21 March 2022, a joint urgent appeal on the recent arbitrary arrest and detention of Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hammouri by Israel was submitted to the United Nations …
Coinciding with the 49th UN Human Rights Council: 16-day awareness raising campaign on Israel’s crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people
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 …