The independent human rights community in Egypt is at unprecedented risk. The recent imposition of travel bans, asset freezes as well as the interrogation of NGO staff by investigative judges …
A Toolkit to Operationalize Recommendations and Ensure Implementation
Today, 21 March 2016, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a tool-kit (report) on how UN member states can take concrete action at the UN Human Rights …
CIHRS calls upon the international community to work towards a peaceful solution that guarantees dignity and basic human rights for the Syrian people
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) marks the fifth anniversary of the plight of the Syrian people by highlighting that its root causes and the reasons for its …
Human rights organizations call upon the Moroccan government to drop charges against rights activists and journalists
Yesterday evening, Tuesday March 15, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral intervention before the 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council currently convening …
mass forced evictions, displacement, and forcible suppression of anti-dam demonstrations before the regional body
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has decided to examine a case against the Republic of Sudan involving forced eviction, inadequate compensation and suppression of protesters during …
CIHRS with EMHRN organize training in Tunisia on UPR
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, in conjunction with the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, organized a two-day training workshop for a number of Tunisian human rights organizations on the …
17 Egyptian Rights Groups Write to the High Commissioner on the Human Rights Situation in Egypt and Ask Him to Adopt their Recommendations
Yesterday, Wednesday, March 9, 17 Egyptian rights groups sent a letter to Zeid Ra’ad, the UN high commissioner for human rights, detailing the state of human rights in Egypt and …
Civil society activists discuss their role in restoring rule of law and human rights in Libya
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), convened a two-day conference under the theme of “The Role of Civil Society in …
It’s Time for a Serious Dialogue Between Broadminded Military Figures, Seculars and Islamists
Bahey eldin Hassan Inaugurates the Homo Homini Human Rights Award Ceremony and the 21st One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival and in Prague Bahey El Din Hassan, director …
Bahey eldin Hassan Meets with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, met on Friday, March 4, with Zeid Bin Ra’ad, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at …