United Nations Human Rights Council 17th Session Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Oral Intervention Item 3: ID with SR on Extrajudicial and Summary Executions 31 May 2011 Delivered …
Situation in Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Egypt & Tunisia in an OI at the HRC
Thirteen Arab Human Rights Organizations call on the UN to:– Refer the situation in Syria and Yemen to the ICC– Hold a special session on Yemen and …
Proposed issues for discussion during CAT NGO meeting, May 2011
This discussion paper is submitted on behalf of Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), Federation Internationale de l’Action des Chrétiens pour …
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 …
Brutal repression against demonstrators in the Arab region
CIHRS Oral intervention to UN HRC United Nations Human Rights Council: 16th Session Item 4: General Debate- Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 14 March, 2011 Delivered …
CIHRS Denounces Blasphemy Laws Deployed in Arab States at UN
United Nations Human Rights Council: 15th Session Agenda Item 9: GD Oral Intervention- Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 28 September, 2010 Delivered by: Laila Matar Thank you Mr. …
The opening of the 4th regional training on International Human Rights Mechanisms- 2 July, 2010
The opening of the 4th regional training on International Human Rights Mechanisms- 2 July, 2010 The fourth regional training course on International Human Rights Mechanisms will start tomorrow …
UN Committee against Torture deeply concerned about attacks against Human Rights Defenders in Yemen
(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 …