UN Human Rights Council: 22nd session Oral intervention: Item 4 – ID on report of COI on Syria Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 12 March 2013 Delivered by: …
The Cairo Institute and Lawyers for Justice in Libya discuss the challenges facing human rights in Libya
At the UN Human Rights Council: On Friday, 8 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) held a side event …
UN Special Rapporteur and Cairo Institute discuss urgent need to protect Arab rights defenders
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 …