Saudi Arabia should take immediate steps to improve its human rights record as it campaigns for a three-year seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, six human rights groups said …
“Delivering Democracy” 5th CIHRS’ annual report on the human rights situation in the Arab world
This report evaluates the situation of human rights in Egypt and 12 other Arab countries, describing the battle for the “Arab Spring” that continues to be waged on three fronts: …
CIHRS documents acts of reprisals carried out against defenders from the Gulf region for cooperating with the UN
Today, 12 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a report entitled “Cut off from the World: Systematic Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in the Gulf …
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies at the United Nations: Human Rights Crisis Worsens in Egypt; Gulf States Punish Rights Defenders for Cooperating with the United Nations
Today, Monday, February 25, marks the beginning of the twenty-second session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), taking place at its headquarters in Geneva. The session’s events will continue …
‘Counter-Revolution’ at the United Nations Human Rights Council? Arab states respond to unprecedented scrutiny with attacks on rights defenders and standards
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 …
Waging War on Human Rights: Rights defenders from the Gulf region under attack
Yesterday, Monday 17 September 2012, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), Human Rights Watch (HRW), and Al …
CIHRS addresses reprisals against activists in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia for cooperating with the UN
Yesterday, Thursday September 13, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral statement before the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council, currently convening in Geneva. The intervention was …
Saudi Arabia: rights defender risks imprisonment for cooperating with the UN
“The government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has succeeded to place itself as a direct enemy to human rights, whether through continuing to stifle the rights and freedoms of …
Joint Written Intervention before HRC 11th session about UPR on the Human Rights situation in the KSA
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Contact: Jeremie Smith, Director Geneva Office Phone Number: (+202) 27945341 / 27951112 E-mail: info@cihrs.net Language: ENGLISH ONLY HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eleventh Session Written …