Human Rights Under Siege. The Seventh Annual Report of CIHRS:MENA Region at the Mercy of Autocratic Regimes, Militias, and Religious Extremists Enabled by the International Community’s Complicity “Violent, extremist groups …
CIHRS Welcomes UN Human Rights Council Vote to Open Investigation into Crimes Committed in Aleppo and Calls for International Action to Put an End to Atrocities
In a statement delivered at yesterday’s UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Special Session on the situation in Aleppo, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) called on UN Member …
Opinion Article: Egypt’s Attack on Civil Society
Egypt’s Attack on Civil Society* By BAHEY eldin HASSAN Compared with some of my fellow Egyptians, I have been lucky. I have received only death threats. Some of my countrymen and …
Efforts to Ensure Accountability for Crimes in Yemen and Syria Take Center Stage at the United Nations Human Rights Council
The 33rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council which ended on September 30th, saw the passage of a resolution to establish a group of UN experts to monitor …
Libya: Towards Resolving The Humanitarian Crisis And Promotion Of Human Rights.
Libya: Towards Resolving The Humanitarian Crisis And Promotion Of Human Rights. A New Coalition Of Libyan Civil Society Organizations Form The ‘The Platform’. In September 2016, 16 Libyan Civil …
Joint NGOs Statement to the UN Commenting on the Human Rights Council Session
(Geneva) Today, September 30, 2016, a group of leading international and regional NGOs have delivered its end of session statement commenting on the key outcomes of the 33rd session of the …
Rached Ghannouchi’s Historical Responsibility for the Muslim Brotherhood’s Anticipated Revisions?
Rached Ghannouchi’s Historical Responsibility for the Muslim Brotherhood’s Anticipated Revisions?[i] Bahey eldin Hassan[ii] This issue of Rowaq Arabi looks at the evolution of political Islamist groups in the Arab world, …
Civil Society Coalitions from Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco submit stakeholders’ reports to the third cycle of the UN Universal Periodic Review
On 22 September 2016, civil society coalitions from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia submitted stakeholders’ reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) within the framework of the Universal Periodic …
Yemen: Urgent Need for International Inquiry – Joint NGO letter to the UN
Urgent Need for International Inquiry on Yemen Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, …
Resilient Democracy: An Egyptian Perspective on the Tunisian Democratic Transition
Tunisia gave the Arab world its first revolution in the 21st century. A revolution that demanded freedom, social justice, democracy, human and national dignity. After bringing down its dictator, the …
ٍSyria: Over 100 Organizations, History will Judge Leaders for Response to UN convoy Attack in Syria
History will Judge Leaders for Response to UN convoy Attack in Syria A statement by 108 Syrian, regional and international humanitarian and human rights organisations on Monday’s attack on a humanitarian …
CIHRS director at the UN in Geneva: I’m lucky. While I have only received death threats, tens of thousands of other peaceful Egyptians have been killed, tortured, imprisoned, or disappeared’
Yesterday Monday September 19, Bahey Eldin Hassan, Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) delivered a statement before the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), 33rd session in Geneva. …
Syria Cessation of Hostilities Welcome: Humanitarian Aid Desperately Needed
A statement from 101 Syrian, regional and international humanitarian and human rights organisations on Syria’s Cessation of Hostilities This week’s cessation of hostilities agreement negotiated by Russia and the …
Egypt: Imminent Risk of Prosecution of HRDs accused of committing human rights work- Joint background info on Case No. 173 – the case against human rights NGOs
Seven Egyptian Human Rights Groups issue a Q&A on the case Number 173 for 2011 The prosecution of Egyptian NGO leaders on criminal charges related to their legitimate human rights work …
The Egyptian Judiciary’s Relentless Assault on CIHRS & Civil Society: Independent Human Rights Organizations Pay the Price under a President that Considers Egyptians Unworthy of Dignity, Freedom, and Equality
On September 17, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), as well as a number of other human rights organizations and their managing directors, will be subjected to a …