Ahead of the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on September 9 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies joined more than 300 regional and international …
Bahey eldin Hassan to the US House of Representatives: Kidnapping, enforced disappearance, torture, imprisonment and fabricated charges are Sisi’s tools for dialogue with human rights defenders
On Wednesday September 9, In his testimony before the US House of Representatives, Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, emphasized that there are …
UNHRC: Civil society appeals to the president of the UN Human Rights Council for greater inclusivity and accessibility at upcoming 45th session of the Human Rights Council
Thank you, Madam President. COVID-19 has redefined how civil society engages with the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms. For human rights organisations that are not based in Geneva, and …
Sudan: The United Nations should continue support of systemic human rights reforms
Days before the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council beginning on September 9, 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) joined more than 20 regional …
Egypt’s Agenda for Reshaping the UN on Counterterrrorism: What Sentencing of Human Rights Leader Tells Us
By Neil Hicks An Egyptian terrorism court sentenced prominent human rights leader Bahey eldin Hassan in absentia on Aug. 25 to 15 years imprisonment. His crimes: “insulting the judiciary” and “propagating fake …
Egypt: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemns verdict against Bahey eldin Hassan and the repression of peaceful critics
(4 September – Geneva) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, met with the Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Mr. Bahey eldin Hassan …
Civil society calls on United Nations to investigate grave human rights violations in Iran
In an appeal from 20 human rights organizations around the world, including the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the signatories called on member states of the United Nations Human …
Palestine: UN must urgently intervene to ensure Israel upholds its legal obligations toward Palestinian prisoners and detainees
The need for urgent intervention to ensure the right to health and safety is upheld for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention centres was reasserted in a joint urgent appeal to …
Joint letter: Put Human Rights and Communities at the center of the Nov. 2020 “Finance In Common” Summit for Public Developments Banks
Ahead of the November 2020 “Finance in Common” meeting in Paris, where the French Development Agency will convene a global summit for Public Developments Banks, CIHRS and over 200 CSOs …