In a significant stand against impunity for war crimes in Yemen, the 39th UN Human Rights Council voted on Friday September 28th to renew the mandate of the Group of …
CIHRS at the United Nations Human Rights Council – 39th Session: UN renews historic investigations into Yemen war crimes despite Saudi threats
CIHRS at the United Nations Human Rights Council – 39th Session: UN renews historic investigations into Yemen war crimes despite Saudi threats The 39th session of the United Nations Human …
Yemen: The need for the UN Human Rights Council to renew and strengthen the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights CouncilExcellency, We, the undersigned NGOs, urge your government to support the renewal and strengthening of the mandate …
The Militarization of Politics and an Authoritarian Revival: The Eighth Annual CIHRS Report on Human Rights in the Arab Region
“The deterioration of humanitarian conditions and the state of human rights in most Arab countries is a natural result of the militarization of politics, the failure to find peaceful and …
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies at the United Nations | 38th Session of the Human Rights Council
بين 18 يونيه و6 يوليو 2018، انعقدت الدورة الـ38 لمجلس حقوق الإنسان بالأمم المتحدة في جنيف بسويسرا. ركزت الجلسة على القرارات المواضيعية، بما في ذلك تلك المتعلقة بحماية المجتمع المدني …
Oral intervention on Yemen at the UN Human Rights Council 38th Session
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies delivered an oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council 38th session held in Geneva in June, deteriorating situation in Yemen.UN Human …
Joint Statement by Human Rights and Civil Liberties Groups
The undersigned human rights and civil liberties organizations urge the Saudi and UAE-led coalition to immediately and unconditionally release Radhya Almutawakel and Abdulrasheed Alfaqih, two prominent Yemeni human rights defenders …
UN Must Do More to End Impunity for Atrocities in the MENA Region
37th Session of the Human Rights Council
Bahey eldin Hassan meets with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Arab Governments Must Support the UN in Regions Most Afflicted by Repression, Terrorism, and Warfare
On Wednesday September 13th, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Bahey eldin Hassan met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad …