(Geneva – 25 May 2010) The UN Committee against Torture (CAT), which reviewed the situation of torture in Yemen on 6 May, expressed deep concern about allegations of widespread …
Yemen’s Torture Record Reviewed by UN Experts
(12May, 2010 – Geneva) After being one of only two countries to ever fail to show up to its review at the 43rd session of the UN Committee against …
Press Conference Invitation: Releasing Annual report on the state of Human Rights in the Arab World 2009
“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 …
In two interventions before HRC| The Deteriorating Situation of Marginalized Minorities and Repressed Religious Freedoms in the Arab Region
In two interventions before the United Nations Human Rights Council:The Deteriorating Situation of Marginalized Minorities and Repressed Religious Freedoms in the Arab Region Press Release During the tenth session of …
Civilian Protection in War: A Blatant Disregard of the Laws of War in the Arab Region
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies delivers its second oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council: Civilian Protection in War: A Blatant Disregard of the Laws of …
Arab governments are responsible for the deteriorating human rights situation in the region
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies delivers its first oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council together with 13 human rights organizations: Arab governments are responsible for …
CIHRS release the first annual report on human rights in the Arab World
On the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 5 December 2008, Cairo Release of New Report on the State of Human Rights in the Arab Region in …
Press Conference on the release of the first annual report published by CIHRS on the human rights in the Arab World
From Exporting Terrorism to Exporting RepressionAnnual Report on Human Rights in the Arab World 2008Press Conference The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is pleased to invite you to attend …
40 civil society organisations call on the Human Rights Council to protect special mandate on Freedom of Expression
PETITION 40 civil society organisations from around the world, the majority from member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference call on the Human Rights Council to protect the …
In a report submitted to the United Nations CIHRS calls for an end to the suppression of Human Rights defenders in the Arab region
Press Release Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), called upon the international community to exert effective efforts to urge Arab governments to duly reconsider their legislation, policy and practices …