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 …
Syria: Free Prominent Rights Defenders
Verdict Scheduled in Charges Before Anti-Terrorism Court The Syrian government should immediately and unconditionally release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein …
The United Nations Examines Status of Human Rights in Syria, Yemen, and the Occupied Territories; Focuses on Judicial Independence and the Right to Peaceful Protest
Today, Tuesday, June 10, the UN Human Rights Council inaugurates its 26th session in Geneva; the session is scheduled to end on June 27. During this time, the council will …
Palestinians from Syria Face Serious Discrimination in the Arab Region
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is deeply concerned by the decisions of several Arab capitals to forcibly return Palestinians to Syria. This new policy would only serve …
Syria: Free Prominent Rights Defenders
Armed Groups Should End Harassment, Abductions
A prominent human rights defender and three of her colleagues believed to be in the custody of an armed opposition group should immediately be freed, 45 civil society organizations said …
Statement by Civil Society Organizations on Need for Justice
Over one hundred civil society groups from around the world issued the following statement today to urge the United Nations Security Council to approve a resolution to refer the situation …
Call for the immediate release of disappeared human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq
Over one and a half years after the disappearance of renowned Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq, the undersigned organizations are reiterating their call on the Syrian authorities to release him …
The Human Rights Council must act to end impunity and to protect vulnerable groups in Syria
United Nations Human Rights Council: 25th Session Item 4: ID COI Syria: Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 18 March 2014 Delivered by: Mr. Amir Kazkaz …
Syria: Free Key Rights Defenders Government Arbitrarily Holds Darwish, Colleagues Despite UN Demands
The government of Syria should immediately and unconditionally release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer, 61 human rights organizations said …