Yesterday, 18th September, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in cooperation with the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) presented an oral intervention before the UN Human Rights Council …
UN Commission on Syria Responds to CIHRS and EMHRN and their Partners: Rights Advocates are Paying the Price for their Commitment to Human Rights
The head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Paulo Pinheiro, said yesterday that the commission’s forthcoming report will focus particularly on the dangers facing human rights defenders and …
Ongoing Discriminatory Policies Against Women in Saudi Arabia, and Revocation of Citizenship as a Punitive Measure Against Activists in Kuwait
On 9 September, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in cooperation with the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), the National Committee to Monitor Violations–Kuwait (NCV), the World …
CIHRS Examines the Human Rights Situation in Syria, Libya, Palestine, Yemen and Qatar
CIHRS Welcomes the New High Commissioner, and Calls for Further Efforts Against Repression and Corruption in the Region On September 8, the UN Human Rights Council opened its 27th session …
Syria: Free Prominent Rights Defenders
Verdict Scheduled in Charges Before Anti-Terrorism Court The Syrian government should immediately and unconditionally release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein …
Ngo’s Send Letter To Bahrain King Regarding Torture Victims
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), Cairo Institute for Human Rights …
CIHRS calls for the referral of the situation in the OPTs to the ICC and the creation of a Commission of Inquiry
On July 23rd 2014, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has delivered an oral intervention during the Special Session on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian …
establish an independent commission of inquiry into violations of international law committed during Israeli ‘Operation Protective Edge’ and ensuring accountability
Geneva-Paris, The undersigned national, regional and international human rights organisations call upon the UN Human Rights Council, which will convene a Special Session on 23 July 2014, to establish an …
The Cairo Institute Denounces Brutal Aggression against Gaza, Demands an End to Collective Punishment of Civilians
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) expresses its absolute condemnation of the widespread brutal attacks launched by the Israeli Occupation Forces against the Gaza Strip. These attacks have …
29 NGOs submit letter to newly appointed Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, urging a change of policy on Bahrain
A group of 29 NGOs have sent a letter to the newly appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Phillip Hammond, urging a shift in U.K. policy towards the situation in …