In light of ongoing discussions at the Human Rights Council on the situation in Libya, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on Member States of the Council to support the …
47 NGOs: Reducing the number of UPR recommendations could weaken the entire process
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 …