The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, ARTICLE 19 and Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a well-attended side event focused on …
Job Vacancy: ARAP Associate
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) FULL TIME JOB VACANCY JOB TITLE: ARAP Associate PROGRAM: Arab Regional Advocacy Program (ARAP) LOCATION: Tunisia Objectives Facilitate work flow within the program Ensure …
CIHRS Argues that Ensuring Accountability and Rebuilding Security Institutions are the Only Paths to Peace in Libya
The future of political transition in Libya remains uncertain as attempts towards national reconciliation to end the recent wave of armed hostilities face several hardships. Today, the Cairo Institute for …
Saudi Arabia: A Closed letter from Human Rights Organizations to the Saudi leadership
Sent on 16 July 2015 and no reply has been received as yet His Majesty the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King …
Urgent Appeal: Release Prisoner of Conscience Dr Abduljalil al-Singace as Hunger Strike Reaches 160th Day
Dr Abduljalil al-Singace is a prisoner of conscience and a member of the Bahrain 13, a group of activists arrested by the Bahraini government for their role in peaceful protests …
Latest counterterrorism law encourages extrajudicial killing and cements impunity
On Tuesday morning, 24 August, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights issued a detailed legal commentary on Law 94/2015 on the suppression …
UN Human Rights Council: Create Commission of Inquiry for Yemen
The undersigned organizations call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to create an international commission of inquiry to investigate alleged serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human …
Human Rights Situation in Bahrain
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Your Excellency, We urge your delegation to promote and support the adoption of a resolution expressing …
Against Terrorism, Against the Restriction of Liberties
Joint Statement from Parties, Institutions, Rights Organizations, and Public Figures on the Proposed Counterterrorism Law The undersigned institutions, political parties, rights organizations, and public figures urge the government to delay …
Draft Counterterrorism Law Shores Up Causes of Extremism and Speeds the Collapse of State Institutions
The undersigned rights organizations add their voices to that of the Journalists’ Syndicate, which has rejected the draft counterterrorism law in light of its inconsistency with Article 71 of the …