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, …
Egyptian human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Discuss the Egyptian Government’s Report with Representatives of 15 States
Press Release The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hosted a meeting earlier this morning where Independent NGOs from the Egyptian Human Rights Forum discussed possible ways to prepare for …
The Need for a Professional Code of Ethics for Media Coverage of Public Elections
A general observation, in addition to monitoring report published by competent organizations, including Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), revealed that the Egyptian mass media, either broadcast, visual …
US assistant secretary of state meets with human rights organizations
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hosted an open dialogue yesterday between Michael Posner, the assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, and representatives from ten …
Press Release: The Egyptian Journalists Syndicate Head Opens the Cairo Institute’s Conference
The Egyptian Journalists Syndicate Head, “Makram Mohamed Ahmed”; Opens The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies conference titled “Egypt on the Way to Parliamentary and Presidential Elections 2010 – 2011… …