Urgent Appeal to the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Chairperson of the …
The African Union Mandates CIHRS to Conduct a Study on Freedom of Association in Africa
The African Commission for Human and People Rights (ACHPR) issued a resolution [ACHPR/Res.179 (XLIX) 2011] appointing the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and seven other African regional …
CIHRS submits memo to Prime Minister, Interior Minister, And Foreign Minister regarding current policies
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies submitted a memo “policies in the transitional period in Egypt from a human rights perspective” to the office of the Prime Minister. The …
CIHRS submits memo to Prime Minister, Interior Minister, and Foreign Minister regarding current policies
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies submitted a memo “policies in the transitional period in Egypt from a human rights perspective” to the office of the Prime Minister. …
We must not turn a blind eye to the continuous crackdown against protestors in Syria
Open Letter by Arab Civil Society Organisations to HE, Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Foreign Minsters and Heads of Member States Delegations. We, the undersigned …
Proposed issues for discussion during CAT NGO meeting, May 2011
This discussion paper is submitted on behalf of Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), Federation Internationale de l’Action des Chrétiens pour …
Fifty-two IFEX members and partners call on world authorities to help stop human rights violations and free expression abuses
Joint action – Bahrain (ANHRI/IFEX) – 9 May 2011 – Thirty-eight IFEX members and 14 partners appeal for global attention to stop detention, torture and threats to journalists and …
CIHRS sends Dr. Essam Sharaf the human rights organizations’ memo that was sent to Ahmed Nazif after the bombing of the Two Saints Church
In light of the sectarian violence that erupted in Imbaba, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies sent a memo signed by 14 member groups of the Forum of Independent …
Sectarian crimes in Imbaba threaten a civil war and a return to organized terrorism. Yes to the rule of law and the natural judge, no to military trials
The undersigned human rights organizations express their profound unease at the rising wave of sectarian violence, which threatens to drag Egypt into Muslim-Christian civil strife, after it has become clear …