You are cordially invited to a panel discussion entitled: Reprisals against persons that have cooperated with the UN and its mechanisms and procedures in the field of human rights:Effective …
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, …
CIHRS Jointly with 5 NGO’s|Oral Intervention before HRC 10th Session on Reprisals against Individuals & Organisations cooperating with Human Rights Bodies & Mechanisms
UN Human Rights CouncilTenth Session2 – 27 March 2009 Item 5 Amnesty International,Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA),Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS),Franciscans International,Lutheran World Federation, andWorld …
UN liquidity crisis: Rights groups call on States to #PayYourDues
The failure of States to pay their membership dues to the United Nations (UN) in full and on time is causing a financial liquidity crisis for the organisation. According to …
UN: Renew Special Rapporteur and Fact-Finding mandates for Iran
We, the undersigned Iranian and international human rights organisations, call on your country to support the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation …
Rights Groups Letter to F1 CEO Ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix
20 Years of Sportswashing
Dear Stefano Domenicali, We, the undersigned organisations, are writing to renew our concerns about Bahrain’s use of the F1 Grand Prix to “sportswash” the country’s dire human rights record. As …
South Sudan: As elections loom, extend vital Human Rights Commission mandate
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Excellencies, Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s (“HRC” or “Council”) 55th session (26 …
Algeria: Appeal hearing an opportunity to reinstate leading independent rights organization dissolved amid intensifying crackdown
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) calls on the authorities to overturn the decision to dissolve the oldest and most prominent human rights organization in Algeria, the Algerian League …
UN Special Rapporteur’s visit to Algeria: a renewed opportunity for reform and release of imprisoned activists
The Algerian authorities should end their crackdown on fundamental rights and freedoms and release all human rights defenders and activists who unjustly languish in jail, said 12 NGOs today, ahead …