A vast research archive on human rights advocacy from 1996 until today In late 2018, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) launched the electronic journal Rowaq Arabi, a …
Re: Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in South Sudan
Excellency, The undersigned South Sudanese, African and international non-governmental organizations are writing to appeal to your Government to urgently support the convening of a Special Session of the Human Rights …
Civil Society groups urge African Union to act on Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile crisis
To our African Leaders On the eve of the next African Union (AU) meeting on the Sudans, we appeal to you to do all you can to end the violence …
‘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 …
150 African and Arab civil society organisations implore US and China to help solve conflicts in Sudan and South Sudan
China and the United States are in a unique position to encourage Sudan and South Sudan to resolve their internal and cross-border conflicts through peaceful negotiation, said a coalition of …