At UN Human Rights Council: On Wednesday, 6 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) co-sponsored a side event entitled “In Defense of Defenders: The Critical Need …
Re: Renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
Your Excellency, On 21 or 22 March 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will vote on the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation …
The Forum of Independent Human Rights NGOs condemns increasing restrictions on civil society, warns of draft legislation to paralyze NGOs in Egypt
In an Oral Intervention to the United Nations: In an oral intervention to the United Nations Human Rights Council presented yesterday, 5 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights …
Legislation Violates the Right to Freedom of Assembly in the Arab Region
Yesterday, March 4, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention on the legislation regulating the right to freedom of assembly in the Arab region …
In an Oral Intervention to the UN Human Rights Council: Despite their role in the Arab Uprisings, women face marginalization from political sphere
Yesterday, March 4, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies – in collaboration with Nazra for Feminist Studies, the New Woman Foundation, and the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women …
United Nations: Global Pressure Mounts on Bahrain to End Repression of Democracy Activists
. . . . . On the 28th February, at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, more than forty governments from every continent in the world delivered a joint …
Bill restricting peaceful protest threatens to worsen confrontations between police and Egyptian people
Yesterday, 3 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in a meeting held by the Shura Council to discuss the bill presented by the Cabinet to …
Egypt: Officials Turn Blind Eye to Port Said Police Abuses
Witnesses Describe Port Said Killings by Police
The newly appointed investigative judge looking into the January violence in Port Said should fully examine police responsibility for unlawful killings during the episode, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights …
Morsi’s government must withdraw bill to nationalize civil society from Shura Council and reject FJP bill to stifle human rights organizations
The undersigned rights organizations strongly condemn the authoritarian tendencies of President Mohamed Morsi’s party (the Freedom and Justice Party) and his government, illustrated by their lack of respect for international …
CIHRS Concludes the Eleventh Training Workshop on Municipal Participation
February 26th 2012, he Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) concluded the eleventh training workshop on “Promotion of Municipal Participation in the Defense of Human Rights” which lasted for …