CIHRS and the Libya Platform[1] Repressing fundamental freedoms will only serve to reinforce crisis of legitimacy on both sides The population in Libya has suffered greatly from the armed conflict …
It’s official: In Egypt, you can now get 15 years in jail for a tweet
By Elisa Massimino and Neil Hicks In the six years since Abdel Fatah al-Sissi assumed the presidency in Egypt, the country has devolved into the deepest human rights crisis it has experienced in …
Call: Advocacy Program Researcher – Tunis Office
FULL TIME JOB VACANCY JOB TITLE: Researcher on Yemen and Iraq PROGRAM: Arab Regional Advocacy Program (ARAP) LOCATION: Tunis, Tunisia DURATION: One year, renewable. REMUNERATION: Competitive salary rate for Tunis-based …
To member and observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council should urgently launch an independent international investigative mechanism on the human rights situation in the Philippines
The ongoing extrajudicial executions and other egregious human rights violations in the context of the “war on drugs” in the Philippines was the subject of a letter sent by the …
Egypt: State security threats and security-dominated judiciary will not discourage human rights defenders from protecting the rights of Egyptians
The sentence of 15 years in prison for human rights defender Bahey eldin Hassan, issued in absentia today by Cairo’s Fifth Circuit Terrorism Court, is condemned by the Cairo Institute …
Lebanon: Joint Urgent Letter by Civil Society to UN Special Procedures following Beirut Explosion
In response to the devastating Beirut explosion on 4 August 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) joined the Arab Network for Development (ANND) and other Lebanese, regional, …
Sudan: CIHRS meets with Sudanese prime minister to discuss obstacles to democratic transition in Sudan
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok invited the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and a number of international human rights organizations to participate in a consultative meeting – held on …
Gender Consultant on Sexual Harassment Prevention at the Workplace
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR A GENDER CONSULTANT FOR THE CAIRO INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION AT THE WORKPLACE Date: August 11, 2020 Deadline for submission of …
Libya: Photojournalist Ismail Al-Zoui sentenced to 15 years of prison after unfair Trial
Counterterrorism legislation must not be used to silence dissenting voices The sentencing of photojournalist and activist Ismail Bouzriba Al-Zoui to 15 years in prison by a military court in Benghazi …
CIHRS stands with victims of racist police violence in their call to strengthen UN resolution
With over one thousand police killings in the United States alone and amid mass protests calling for racial justice following the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police …