In an urgent letter this morning, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) demanded the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Human Rights Council, …
39 Human Rights and Development Organizations Propose Alternative NGO Law
Thirty-nine human rights and development organizations have drafted a new law to regulate NGOs and sent a copy to Prime Minister Essam Sharaf. The proposed law provides for the autonomy …
Why Tunisia succeeds while Egypt fails
Bahey el-din Hassan I traveled to Tunisia over a week ago to attend the country‘s first free elections. As I left Cairo, I had given in to a sense …
A Leaf Out of Mubarak’s Book: Arrest of an Activist Who Uncovered the Truth of a Massacre
Press Release We the undersigned, in our capacity as rights organizations, social movements, and political forces, announce our strong condemnation of the detention of the activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, The …
Guidelines on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Complete’ the African Charter on its 30th anniversary
The 50th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is cause for two major celebrations: the 30th anniversary of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights …
CIHRS 15th Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement: Transitional Justice in Egypt and the MENA Region
CAIRO/NEW YORK, October 29, 2011—The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in collaboration with the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), is holding a regional Forum titled “Transitional Justice …
Maspero: state incitement of sectarian violence and policy of extrajudicial killings
The undersigned organizations condemn the unprecedented extra-judicial killings and acts of violence committed by military police and central security forces, on the 9th of October in the Maspero area and …
The Mubarak regime persists
The undersigned rights organizations decisively condemn the exploitation of the political crisis between the forces of the revolution and those managing the country’s affairs in the transitional period as an …
Turkish-Egyptian Conversations on Contemporary Democratic and Political Transformations
The Middle East Studies CenterandThe Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Cordially invite you to a one-day conference on Turkish-Egyptian Conversations on Contemporary Democratic and Political Transformations Tuesday …