Organization of the Islamic Conference should Defend UN Action on Iran as in Libya (18 March 2011) Human rights organizations working across the Muslim world have urged …
Brutal repression against demonstrators in the Arab region
CIHRS Oral intervention to UN HRC United Nations Human Rights Council: 16th Session Item 4: General Debate- Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 14 March, 2011 Delivered …
Arab League and international community must end complicity – Gulf states launch a war against the people of Bahrain
This morning, army and police troops in Bahrain, supported by the Saudi and Emirati forces, began a brutal, wide-scale crackdown on the legitimate aspirations of the Bahraini people for far-reaching …
CIHRS Calls on the Security Council to Impose a No-Fly Zone on Libya
United Nations Human Rights Council: 16th Session Item 4: General Debate- Follow up on Special Session of Libya Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 14 March, 2011 …
Side Event / Reprisals against Persons Cooperating with the UN: Towards a Strengthened Institutional Response
Reprisals against Persons Cooperating with the UN: Towards a Strengthened Institutional Response Side Event during the UN Human Rights Council’s 16th Session Wednesday, 16 March 2011 Organised by …
Interior Minister meets with director of CIHRS
Interior Minister Gen. Mansour al-Eissawi met with Bahey eldin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in the minister’s office yesterday afternoon. Deputy Minister …
Horizons of political reform in the Arab world
Forward: Sally Sami Concluding statement of the 14th Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement Here
UN HRC: Over 100 Organisations Urge Council to Reject “Defamation of Religions” and Protect Freedom of Expression
Geneva 10.03.11: More than one hundred civil society organisations from around the world have signed a letter urging Member States at the sixteenth session of the Human Rights Council …
Conclusion of the Advanced Political Rights Workshop
The Advanced Political Rights Workshop was successfully concluded on Friday, March 11. The workshop targeted a distinct group of CIHRS youth alumni. The Workshop discussed a range of …