On 24 September, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) and Yemeni human rights organizations sent an urgent appeal calling on the special procedures of the United Nations Human Rights …
Rights groups launch new people-led campaign to hold Yemen’s peace spoilers to account
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View PostStates should support accountability for crimes under international law committed in Yemen at the 48th Session of the Human Rights Council
Joint Civil Society Letter Your Excellency, We write to you to urge your government to use the upcoming 48th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to: Establish …
Security Council and United Nations called on by human rights community to take urgent measures to protect human rights defenders and peacebuilders, especially in places of conflict
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) joined more than 350 human rights organizations around the world in an open letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, regarding …
G7 Leaders Should Turn Rhetoric into Action to Address Human Rights Crises in the Middle East and North Africa
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) sent an open letter to G7 leaders on June 10 setting out recommendations for how policies of G7 states can improve the …
International human rights organizations: The Secretary-General of the United Nations must ensure the publication of a complete list of perpetrators of violations in the 2021 annual report on children and armed conflict
Eighteen human rights organizations called on the UN Secretary-General to ensure that the 2021 annual report on children and armed conflict and its annexed list of perpetrators is comprehensive and includes …
Yemen: Urgent intervention needed to ensure release of four journalists detained and sentenced to death in Sana’a
As the world celebrates World Press Freedom Day, reaffirming the fundamental principles of press freedom, the situation of journalists in Yemen remains precarious in the context of an ongoing war …
The 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
HRC counters human rights violations in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria with resolutions and actions, while cautioning against deteriorating human rights situations in Algeria, Libya, and YemenFrom 22 February to 24 …