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 …
In an intervention before the Human Rights Council:
Human rights in Bahrain continue to deteriorate
24th session of the Human Rights Council Item 4 – Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention: Bahrain 17 September 2013 Delivered by Mariam Al-Khawaja Thank you, Mr. …
Joint appeal to the UN against ill-treatment and torture of detained human rights defenders, activists and photojournalist in Bahrain
The following is a joint appeal to three UN Special Rapporteurs calling for an investigation to torture in Bahraini prisons. The appeal, signed by over 50 NGOs, was initiated by …
Joint Appeal by Egyptian Human Rights Organizations to the UN OHCHR
Joint Appeal by 22 Organizations Ms. Navanethem Pillay >United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais Wilson 52 rue des …
United Arab Emirates:
Flagrant disregard of fair trial guarantees shown at UAE94 trial
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights), the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) …
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies at the United Nations: Human Rights Crisis Worsens in Egypt; Gulf States Punish Rights Defenders for Cooperating with the United Nations
Today, Monday, February 25, marks the beginning of the twenty-second session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), taking place at its headquarters in Geneva. The session’s events will continue …
Supporting Human Rights Accountability and Reform in Bahrain at the UN Human Rights Council
Joint NGO Letter to the Member States of the United Nations: Excellency, The undersigned organizations are writing to urge your government to ensure that the human rights situation in Bahrain …
Serious Rights Violations in the United Arab Emirates Spotlighted at the United Nations
The United Nations working group of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) met on the 28th of January to review the human rights record of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). …
UAE: Human rights groups call for an end to the crackdown on human rights defenders and political activists as UPR begins
Today, the human rights record of the United Arab Emirates will be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council as the situation in the country continues to deteriorate. On this …
Letter to UAE regarding Human Rights Council Candidacy
November 7, 2012 H.R.H. Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan President United Arab Emirates Your Majesty, We, the undersigned, are a diverse group of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from around the …