(8 March, 2010 – Geneva) Egypt’s use of the Emergency Law to justify arbitrary detention and the use of exceptional courts was examined before the UN Human Rights Council …
Following the Statement of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights: 14 Egyptian NGOs Demand a Halt of Migrant Killings on Israel Borders
Fourteen Egyptian human rights groups today expressed their full support of the statement issued by the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights which condemned the Egyptian security forces for killing …
Bibliotheca Alexandrina grants human rights award to the CIHRS; Discussion of the Institute’s annual report in Paris and Geneva
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina has granted a human rights award to the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies “in appreciation of its distinguished, ongoing efforts in the field of human …
UN Rights Council: Egypt rejects important rights reforms, accepts some
On Friday (19 February, 2010) as part of its review before the UN Human Rights Council, Egypt stood before governments from around the world and either rejected or failed …
Press Release: Egypt Reviewed by UN Rights Council: Truth Emerges Despite Government Lies
Press Release: Egypt’s human rights record was reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday( 17 February 2010). Egyptian human rights NGOs welcomed the inclusion of serious rights concerns …
Report: The media and general elections
As Egypt prepares for parliamentary elections this year, many observers are expecting them to be even fiercer than those held in 2005. Parliamentary elections will be followed by presidential …
RECOMMENDATIONS BY A COALITION OF INDEPENDENT EGYPTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS (NGOS) FOR THE UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR) OF EGYPT
I. Civil and political rightsA. Constitutional reformEgypt needs a new constitution, or at least a fundamental reform of the 1971 constitution, which constitutes the primary source of the chronic institutional …
Comments By The Coalition of Independent Egyptian Human Rights (NGOS) on The Egyptian Government Report for The UN (UPR)
The problem is not a cultural one but a lack of political will The Coalition of Egyptian human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs), made up of independent Egyptian NGOs, regrets …
In meeting with Foreign Ministry the CIHRS urges government to address Coptic and Nubian issues in UN report.
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies urged the Egyptian government to address several pressing issues in its report to the UN review committee on economic, social, and cultural rights, …