The undersigned national and global human rights organizations today called upon the League of Arab State’s (LAS) member States to substantially revise the draft statute of the Arab Court of …
Permanent Representative at the UN Human Rights Council Re: Situation of human rights in Bahrain
Your Excellency, The undersigned NGOs remain deeply concerned by ongoing serious human rights violations in Bahrain, including the politically motivated imprisonment of high-profile opposition activists and human rights defenders after …
Open Letter to the UN Human Rights Council on Sri Lanka by South Based Civil Society Organizations
To: Member States of the UN Human Rights Council Excellencies, We call your attention to Sri Lanka as human rights groups based in the global South. In the past few …
On the second anniversary of the arrest of Mazen Darwish:
Syria- The human rights situation remains critical as two more human rights defenders are targeted
16 February 2014 marked the two-year anniversary of the arbitrary arrest of prominent human rights defender Mazen Darwish. Despite the international reaction and calls for his release and that of …
URGENT APPEAL FOR ACTION:
EGYPT SECURITY FORCES RAID LEADING HUMAN RIGHT ORGANIZATION, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ARRESTED AND HELD INCOMMUNICADO
URGENT APPEAL FOR ACTION: EGYPT SECURITY FORCES RAID LEADING HUMAN RIGHT ORGANIZATION, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ARRESTED AND HELD INCOMMUNICADO (19 December, 2013) The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) …
Urgent appeal for the release of prisoners of conscience and all detainees in Syria
The undersigned organizations express their utmost concerns as for the fate of tens of thousands of detainees in Syria and urge all parties to guarantee in all circumstances their physical …
“Besieging the Truth” 205 violations against media professionals in 60 days
On Thursday, October 3, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) issued a specialized report titled “Besieging the Truth”. This report monitors and analyzes the types of abuses faced …
CIHRS at the UN Human Rights Council:
Steps Must Be Taken to Protect and Promote Human Rights in the Arab Region
The 24th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) came to an end last Friday, September 27, 2013. Although many Arab and international civil society groups – …
Human Rights Council 24th session End of session statement
Joint statement on behalf of International Service for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Conectas …
Leading NGOs urge States to reject proposals from Russia, Cuba and Pakistan to weaken civil society protections
To: Permanent Representatives at the UN Human Rights Council RE: Amendments proposed by Cuba, Pakistan and the Russian Federation to: Draft resolution A/HRC/24/L.24 on “Civil society space – Creating and …