Despite sharply deteriorating human rights and humanitarian conditions across Arab countries, the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, which ended yesterday 8 July, failed to engage in country-specific …
Over a Thousand Days of War in Sudan
State disintegrates amid failed domestic leadership and weak international response
We, the undersigned Sudanese, African, and Arab organizations, stand united in our commitment to the people of Sudan after more than one thousand days of war. The conflict has accelerated …
Toward the Renewal of Political Culture
Conclusions of CIHRS 28th Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement Under the title ‘Toward New Paths to Reform’, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organised the 28th …
Sudan: Final Collapse of the Nation-State or a Last Opportunity to Rebuild?
Under the title ‘Sudan Today: Is This a Moment of Final Disintegration of the Nation-State or a Last Chance for Reconstruction?’, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held …
Sudan: UN sets up inquiry into atrocities in el-Fasher, but fails to hold governments enabling atrocities accountable
Today, in an emergency session of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations tasked the UN Fact Finding Mission (FFM) on Sudan and the UN OHCHR with carrying out an …
The Human Rights Council should convene a special session on Sudan to address the situation in and around El Fasher, North Darfur, and ensure urgent investigations
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Your Excellencies, In light of the situation in and around El Fasher, …
Sudan: Urgent international action required to protect civilians and prevent further atrocities in El Fasher
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), together with its member organizations in Sudan (SHRM and ACJPS), as well as other undersigned member organizations from across Africa and the Arab …
The 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Normalizing atrocities in the Middle East and North Africa only leads to further unrest
During the United Nation’s 60th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), member states continued to remain silent on victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity across the Middle …
Safe Passage: Protection for Civilians Under Siege in El Fasher
Time is running out for the estimated 260,000 civilians, including 130,000 children, trapped in El Fasher, Darfur’s final battleground between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces …