On Friday 18 June 2021, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hosted a side event to the 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, titled “Democracy …
European bank challenged on human rights credentials
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has struggled to prevent the billions of euros it lends each year from supporting autocratic regimes, finds a new report from civil …
Libya: The kidnapping of a human rights defender raises concerns and threatens the credibility of scheduled elections
A joint letter to the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, and the Libyan Attorney General, Sideeg Al-Sour On the evening of 3 June 2021, …
Algeria: Criminalisation of Fundamental Freedoms Requires Urgent Response
View PostEgypt: In solidarity with Hossam Bahgat, state security targeting of human rights defenders must end
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Public Prosecution’s summoning of prominent human rights defender Hossam Bahgat, the founding executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), for …
6 main recommendations to bring the Bank onto a sustainable path regarding human rights, climate, due diligence, transparency and accountability
24 civil society organizations around the world have sent an open letter on June 14, 2021 to governors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) with 6 key recommendations to bring …
Egypt: Moratorium on executions is imperative as unjust death sentence upheld in Rabaa Dispersal Case
View PostLebanon: Independent investigation of Beirut port explosion by Human Rights Council is vital to ensuring redress and accountability
In a joint letter this morning 15 June 2021, member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council were called on to establish a yearlong independent and impartial …