Letter of Appeal by Syrian and Arab Human Rights NGOs: Dear Excellency, We, the undersigned Syrian and Arab NGOs, are deeply alarmed about the candidacy of the Syrian Arab Republic …
Roots of Unrest in the Arab World
Today, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) issues its third annual report on the state of human rights in the Arab world in 2010, with a special …
CIHRS Releases its First Country Specific Report on Syria at UN event
On September 23, the Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in partnership with Human Rights Watch (HRW) organized a side event at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s …
Tomorrow: Human Rights Defenders Discuss Rights Violations in Syria at UN
The President’s 10 Year Anniversary:Curbing Worsening Repression andHuman Rights Abuses in Syria Thursday 23 September13.00 – 15.00Palais des Nations, room XXIV Human rights defenders and advocates discuss the legacy …
CIHRS Denounces Legal Discrimination against Women in the Arab World at UN
United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15 Panel on Discrimination Against Women- Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 20 September, 2010 Delivered by: Laila Matar Thank you …
Happening Now: CIHRS Condemns Rising Human Rights Violations in Syria and Bahrain before the UN
United Nations Human Rights Council: 15th Session Item 4: GD, Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 20 September, 2010 Delivered by: Ziad Abdel Tawab Thank you Mr. …
UN expert committee deeply concerned about routine use of Torture in Syria
(19 May, 2010 – Geneva, Damascus) The UN Committee against Torture (CAT), after its first review of Syria, has concluded that there are “numerous, ongoing, and consistent allegations concerning …
Press Release: UN Committee Against Torture Reviewed Syria’s Record for the First Time
(10 May, 2010 – Cairo) The widespread use of torture by security agencies in Syria, not only against political prisoners and detainees, but also against ordinary criminal detainees, is highlighted …
2009 Report on Human Rights in the Arab World: Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform
“Embrace diversity, end discrimination” Human Rights Day 2009“A man spends his first years learning how to speak and the Arab regimes teach him silence for the rest of his …