(17 September 2010, Geneva) The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council appears to be on the verge of ending the mandate of the UN Independent Expert on human rights …
Update: NGOs Request that International Community and ICC investigate War Crimes Committed in Palestine
On September 16, a Side Event entitled “A Demand for Justice” was held at the UN Human Rights Council’s headquarters in Geneva. The event was organized by the Cairo …
Happening Now: CIHRS Holds a Side Event on Sudan in the UN Human Rights Council
Sudan: Impunity, Repression and Conflict on the Rise Wednesday 15 September13.00 – 15.00Palais des Nations, room XXIII Prior to the consideration of the report of the Independent Expert …
A Demand for Justice: CIHRS to Hold a Side Event on Palestine in the UN Human Rights Council
A Demand for Justice:A Presentation of Evidence gathered by Palestinian and Israeli NGOs on Domestic Investigations into War Crimes in Relation to the “Goldstone Report”, and Reprisals Against NGOs …
Update: Government of Sudan Acknowledges Human Rights Violations at UN Side Event
The Side Event entitled ” Sudan: Impunity, Repression and Conflict on the Rise” was held this afternoon in the UN Human Rights Council’s headquarters in Geneva. The side event …
Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in Egypt and Bahrain Denounced at the UN
United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15 Item 2: High Commissioner’s Update- Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 13 September, 2010 Delivered by: Laila Matar Thank you …
Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in Egypt and Bahrain Denounced at the UN
United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15Item 2: High Commissioner’s Update- Oral InterventionCairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)13 September, 2010Delivered by: Laila Matar Thank you Mr. President, …
Life of Egyptian Rights Defender in Danger after Abduction by Security Forces: Researcher of (CIHRS) victim of Forced Disappearance
Human Rights Defender and researcher, Amr Salah was kidnapped in front of his home at approximately 4 am on Thursday, September 9, 2010. Neither his relatives, nor his colleagues …
Update on the Situation of CIHRS’ Researcher and Activist, Amr Salah
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) would like to announce that it had received information that researcher and human rights defender, Amr Salah had contacted his family …