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 …
In Ibn Roshd Salon: Lawmen and politicians warn about the return of referendum system under the mask of elections
The experience of dealing with the Egyptian political system and the successive governments during the past years, lead many politicians, intellectuals, and lawyers to receive every decision issued by the …
The intellectual against the authority
Dialogues of the civil society in Syria As much as the Syrian intellectuals in Syria had seen themselves as the makers of politics and the initiators of its fields as …
In Ibn Roshd Salon: Experts and politicians express fears about amending the Egyptian Constitution
Activists and representatives of various Egyptian political movements warned against any attempts targeting the discharge of President Mubarak’s decree to amend article 76 of the Constitution purporting the election of …
WHY AREN’T ARABS DEMONSTRATING?
Some Egyptian intellectuals and academics agree that the reasons behind the weakness of demonstrations in the Arab World protesting the American war on Iraq are not only due to government …
Iraqi Elections: A step towards democracy or dedication of sectarianism?
On January 30, 2005, Iraq witnessed the first multiple elections in the country since five decades. Election which were the subject of sharp political debate, between those who view it …
Peace Requires Justice: U.N. should Immediately refer Darfur to the ICC
The Darfur Consortium, is an umbrella group of more than forty mainly African civil society organizations, along with Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Human Rights First (formerly …
In view of weakness of the street: On what does the opposition bet to achieve its objectives?
No doubt, the reform issue has imposed itself on the agenda of public opinion in Egypt, but this does not mean a promise to achieve any serious reform steps in …
An Awarding Program for the students of Al-Khartoum University
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hosted, together with the African Studies Office at the American University in Cairo, the scientific trip for the students of the Faculty of Economic …
Towards a democratic law for ending the one-party system
This book is considered as a shout to put an end to all the bounds on the formation of political parties and for practicing its activities; because parties were and …