Four Syrian activists abducted in the Damascus suburbs, apparently in relation to their human rights and humanitarian work, must be released immediately and unconditionally, 16 human rights organizations said today. …
Urgent appeal for the release of prisoners of conscience and all detainees in Syria
The undersigned organizations express their utmost concerns as for the fate of tens of thousands of detainees in Syria and urge all parties to guarantee in all circumstances their physical …
New CIHRS report: Opportunities remain for cooperation between civil society and the League of Arab States
On Monday, October 28, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) issued a new thematic report on the mechanisms of cooperation between Arab civil society and the League …
CIHRS at the UN Human Rights Council:
Steps Must Be Taken to Protect and Promote Human Rights in the Arab Region
The 24th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) came to an end last Friday, September 27, 2013. Although many Arab and international civil society groups – …
In an Oral Intervention to the Human Rights Council:
Human Rights Organizations Call for Justice in Syria
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Euro-Mediterranean Network for Human Rights (EMHRN) and number of Syrian Human Rights Organizations presented an oral intervention on the ongoing atrocities …
No to Tyranny… No to War
21 Arab Organizations Decry America’s Strike and Assad’s Crimes in Syria
We, as Arab rights organizations, express our full solidarity with the struggle of the Syrian people for freedom and human rights, including the right to self-determination through free and fair …
Break-through at St Petersburg summit needed to give hope of a better future for millions of Syrians
< p style=”text-align: center;”>Leaders must set their differences aside and kick-start urgent political negotiations for Syria World leaders attending the G20 summit must seize this opportunity and make real progress …
Human Rights Council must do more to protect human rights in Palestine, Syria, Egypt
The 23rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council), which concluded on 14 June 2013, began with a special focus on Syria and the deteriorating situation in …
Syrian rights defenders call for Syria to be referred to the International Criminal Court
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in cooperation with the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, held a side event yesterday, Friday, 7 June 2013, on the state of human …