On 2-3 September 2022, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) convened its 26th Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement in Brussels, Belgium. Fifty human rights defenders and …
Over 115 civil society and union organizations denounce discriminatory and unfair visa policy toward North African States
Over 115 civil society and union organizations from North Africa and Europe have denounced the unfair and discriminatory visa policy followed by the consular authorities of European states, including France, …
CIHRS at the Democracy Summit
View PostA Message from Civil Society in the Arab Region to the Summit for Democracy
View PostSalon Ibn Rushd: The Present and Future of Political Islam
“The Present and Future of Political Islam” was the topic of the latest Salon Ibn Rushd seminar held on 28 October 2021 by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies …
Confronting Terrorism Requires Fundamental Change to Strategies of Past Two Decades
View PostCIHRS 24th Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement: 20 Years After 9/11attacks: Lessons Learned from two decades of Counterterrorism
Invitation The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is pleased to invite you to attend its Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement, organized on September 7 and 8, …
Tunisia: Human rights organizations commend civil society for forming a working committee to follow up on situation in Tunisia
The undersigned human rights organizations stand in solidarity with Tunisian civil society, following the decision of President of Tunisia Kais Saied to take unprecedented exceptional measures, announced on July 25, …
Africa | A polycentric approach to border externalization: Legal strategies to contest migrants’ rights violations
Conclusions of a joint international conference
50 CSOs call on African Development Bank to properly consult stakeholders on implementation review of their Disclosure and Access to Information Policy
50 civil society organizations (CSOs) have signed an open letter calling on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to hold a genuine consultation of stakeholders on the implementation review of the …
CIHRS Tenth Annual Report: New aspects of human rights crises during the Covid-19 pandemic
“The human rights situation in the Arab region, which has already been deteriorating for years, is deteriorating even more rapidly with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially afflicting economic …
CSW65: Protect Women’s Civic Freedoms to Enhance their Role in Public Life
Twenty-five years since the ratification of the Beijing Platform for Action, and a year since women across the world participated in the Women’s Global Strike – gender justice is still …
A critique of the Arab Spring elite: What is needed is a cultural revolution, not another uprising
“When the history of the January 25 revolution is written, it will be described as a revolution that cared more about cleaning up Tahrir Square than sweeping away the old regime. And in both …
Open Letter to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube: Stop silencing critical voices from the Middle East and North Africa
Ten years ago today, 26-year old Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest over injustice and state marginalization, igniting mass uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, and other …
Conclusions of CIHRS 23rd Regional Forum: Prospects of Reform in the Arab Region in Post COVID-19 Realities
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies convened the 23rd Forum of the Human Rights Movement in the Arab region between August 31- September 7, bringing together over 50 human …