24th session of the Human Rights Council Item 4 – Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention: Bahrain 17 September 2013 Delivered by Mariam Al-Khawaja Thank you, Mr. …
In a Side Event at the United Nations Human Rights Council:
Repression and Impunity in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
Yesterday, 12 September 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) organized an event …
Joint appeal to the UN against ill-treatment and torture of detained human rights defenders, activists and photojournalist in Bahrain
The following is a joint appeal to three UN Special Rapporteurs calling for an investigation to torture in Bahraini prisons. The appeal, signed by over 50 NGOs, was initiated by …
“Delivering Democracy” The Future of Human Rights between the “Arab Spring” and Political Islam?
Press release on the launch of CIHRS’ annual report on the state of human rights in the Arab region Two years after the “Arab Spring” swept the Arab region and …
“Delivering Democracy” 5th CIHRS’ annual report on the human rights situation in the Arab world
This report evaluates the situation of human rights in Egypt and 12 other Arab countries, describing the battle for the “Arab Spring” that continues to be waged on three fronts: …
CIHRS documents acts of reprisals carried out against defenders from the Gulf region for cooperating with the UN
Today, 12 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a report entitled “Cut off from the World: Systematic Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in the Gulf …
United Nations: Global Pressure Mounts on Bahrain to End Repression of Democracy Activists
. . . . . On the 28th February, at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, more than forty governments from every continent in the world delivered a joint …
For an effective Arab League human rights protection system: LAS Secretary General welcomes convergence on universal standards, NGO Coalition develops
An NGO high level strategic conference urges the Arab League to adopt an effective human rights protection system, as an urgent requirement to meet expectations of the peoples and address …
Human Rights Defenders Expose Bahraini Government Violations at UN Side Event
Today, September 22nd, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Human Rights Wath (HRW) held a Side Event entitled ’Crisis in Bahrain: Torture Revived, Crackdown on Human …
Continuing its Campaign to Raise Awareness of Grave Violations in Bahrain: CIHRS Denounces HRDs’ Prevention from Attending UN Meeting
United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15 Item 5 General Debate Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 21 September, 2010 Delivered by: Laila Matar Thank you Mr. President, The …