United Nations Human Rights Council: 28th Session Oral statement Item 6 – General Debate 20 March 2015 47 NGOs: Reducing the number of UPR recommendations could weaken the entire process …
Rights groups and UN Commission of Inquiry call to end the culture of impunity in Syria
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and their Syrian partners delivered an oral intervention on …
Bahrain: Human rights defenders Husain Abdulla and Abdulnabi Al-Ekri threatened at the Human Rights Council
On 15 March 2015 during a side event that was organised by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), human rights defenders Husain Abdulla, Executive Director of ADHRB, …
Human Rights Council should act to end reprisals against human rights defenders for cooperating with the UN
Human Rights Council 28th session GENERAL DEBATE, ITEM 5 March 18, 2015 Speaker: Michael Ineichen – check against delivery 8 regional and international NGOs: Human Rights Council should act to …
Rights Groups Condemn Forced Retirement of 41 Judges for Expressing their Opinions
The undersigned organizations condemn the forced retirement of 41 judges pursuant to the disciplinary board’s decision of Saturday, March 14, due to their release of a statement on July 6, …
Morocco Should Halt All Restrictions Imposed on Civil Society and Free Imprisoned Human Rights Defenders
Yesterday, Tuesday 17 March 2015, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), and Front Line Defenders delivered an oral intervention before the …
21 Organizations From Throughout the World Demand Full Transparency and Accountability for the U.S. CIA Torture Program
28th session of the UN Human Rights Council – 2-27 March 2015 Item 4 – Interactive Dialogue This is the first Council session after the release of the summary of …
Rights Groups Call on Egypt to End Arbitrary Detention of Refugees
Since February 9, 2015 a group of at least 30 Syrian, Palestinian-Syrian and Somali refugees detained at Karmooz police station in Alexandria – Egypt, began an open hunger strike to protest …
Regional and International Organizations: International Community Should Take concrete action to Protect Human Rights Defenders in the Gulf and Iraq
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Gulf Center for Human Rights, the Monitor for Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, and the …
CIHRS and its Partners Convene the First Panel on Artistic Freedoms in the Middle East and North Africa
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in conjunction with Freemuse and the Norwegian Foreign Ministry organized a discussion panel on Friday, March 13 on the sidelines of the …
The Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations raises concerns over the status of human rights defenders in Egypt: from killing to travel bans
On Friday evening, 13 March 2015, the Forum of Independent Egyptian Human Rights Organizations (the Forum) delivered an oral intervention on the status of human rights defenders in Egypt before …
EIGHTY-THREE PERCENT OF SYRIA’S LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED AFTER FOUR YEARS OF CRISIS
Eighty-three percent of all the lights in Syria have gone out since the start of the conflict there, a global coalition of humanitarian and human rights organisations has revealed ahead …
Respect for Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Accountability are the Only Way Forward to Combating Terrorism in the MENA Region
Yesterday, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention before the UN Human Rights Council. The intervention came as a response to the annual report of the UN …
CIHRS supports the nomination of rights advocate Yara Sallam for international prize for human rights defenders
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies wholeheartedly supports Yara Sallam’s nomination for the Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk for 2015. Sallam has been named …
The Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies holds a training on advanced advocacy in Geneva
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), held an advanced training for Libyan human rights defenders in International Advocacy and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism at the United …