In solidarity with the struggle of Egyptian magistrates and their relentless efforts to ensure independence and immunity of the judiciary against interventions of the executive power, CIHRS organized a symposium …
Towards a Democratic law to put an end to the Single Party System
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized a symposium on the attitude toward suggestions of the government and the NDP to amend the Political Party Law No 40 …
Day of National Mourning…when will justice be realized? Use of sexual assault to repress internal reform campaigners
The signatory human rights organizations express their solidarity with the Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate in its declaration of the 1st June as a day of national mourning. They add their voices …
Toward a New Egyptian Constitution In Celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the 1954 Draft Constitution May 23-25, 2005, Cairo
Final Communiqué May 26, 2005– Egypt is in need of a comprehensive societal dialogue to arrive at a new social contract;– The current Constitution is neither presidential nor parliamentary. It …
Future of Egypt 2008, Between the Promised Paradise of “Reform.. the Hellfire of Daily Oppression.. and the Silent Conflict of the Centers of Power
Parallel with the boisterous governmental discourse about political reform ever since article 76 of the constitution was amended, the daily realities have been moving in a reverse direction, especially following …
Will the Arab World Escape the “Black Hole” and the Dangers of Devastation?
The Arab nation represents to a great extent the political manifestation of the astronomical “black hole” phenomenon, where the executive authority forms a black hole that turns the surrounding social …
The Report of the National Council for Human Rights:Will it End Up in the Trash?
The first report on the status of human rights in Egypt, which was recently published by the national council for human rights, does not add any new essential information to …
Darfur and the International Criminal Court
The Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized an intellectual meeting at Ibn Roshd salon titled “The International Criminal Court in Sudan, a step towards human rights or impairment …
In a Memorandum to the President and the Speaker of the PA, CIHRS calls for investigation of the crimes enumerated in the NCHR Report The report is a test for the credibility of the call to reform from inside
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) sent a memorandum to the Egyptian President as head of the executive power, calling upon him to conduct a prompt investigation of …
The Government’s insinuation to reform: response to internal demands or avoiding foreign interference?
Lately, the Arab world began to see accelerated developments. One side; Lebanon witnessed agitated vital popular movements which forced the government to resign in a unique unprecedented manner in the …