On 23 June, as part of the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in cooperation with the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights …
Security and military solutions to terrorism have failed; extremism thrives under despotism, brutal suppression, and denial of legitimate rights
On Monday, 22 June 2015, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on ways to counter terrorism and …
CIHRS: violations in the region cannot be stopped without guarantees for the freedom of civil society and an end to impunity
Today, Monday, June 15, 2015, the UN Human Rights Council inaugurates its 29th session in Geneva, scheduled to end on July 3. In this session, the HRC will focus on …
Rights groups and UN Commission of Inquiry call to end the culture of impunity in Syria
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and their Syrian partners delivered an oral intervention on …
EIGHTY-THREE PERCENT OF SYRIA’S LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED AFTER FOUR YEARS OF CRISIS
Eighty-three percent of all the lights in Syria have gone out since the start of the conflict there, a global coalition of humanitarian and human rights organisations has revealed ahead …
Syria: No word on four abducted activists, A year on, no information on Douma Four
The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazem Hamadi –the Douma Four— remain missing a year after their abduction,57 organizations said today. The four were abducted in Duma, a city near …
CIHRS launches a New Research Project on Political Islam and Human Rights
On September 25, in an event held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies launched a …
Protection of Syrian civilians must be world’s priority, humanitarian and human rights groups demand
Any further intervention in the Middle East must include plans to address the suffering of Syrian civilians, a global coalition of 39 leading human rights and humanitarian organizations said today. …
UN Commission on Syria Responds to CIHRS and EMHRN and their Partners: Rights Advocates are Paying the Price for their Commitment to Human Rights
The head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Paulo Pinheiro, said yesterday that the commission’s forthcoming report will focus particularly on the dangers facing human rights defenders and …
CIHRS Examines the Human Rights Situation in Syria, Libya, Palestine, Yemen and Qatar
CIHRS Welcomes the New High Commissioner, and Calls for Further Efforts Against Repression and Corruption in the Region On September 8, the UN Human Rights Council opened its 27th session …