The 13 undersigned Arab Human Rights NGOs are deeply concerned about efforts undertaken by member states of the League of Arab States to garner support for the Syrian government’s candidacy …
Arab League and international community must end complicity – Gulf states launch a war against the people of Bahrain
This morning, army and police troops in Bahrain, supported by the Saudi and Emirati forces, began a brutal, wide-scale crackdown on the legitimate aspirations of the Bahraini people for far-reaching …
Letter to the Arab League on the Situation in Darfur
Your Excellency, We are writing to you in advance of your attendance at the meeting of the League of Arab States due to take place in Khartoum on 30-31 October …
In a Statement before the United Nations: CIHRS criticizes the double standards of the United States, the league of Arab states and the European Union
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, CIHRS, presented a statement before the United Nations Human Rights Council during its current session, where it condemned the systematic breaches of human rights …
The Final Statement of the Second Civil Forum Parallel to the Arab Summit
The Civil Forum, held parallel to the Arab Summit, held its second meeting in Rabat, Morocco, 17 to 19 February 2006. The Forum is organized by the Cairo Institute for …
Having failed to adopt a plan for reform: The Arab Summit welcomes External Reform! Statement by 34 NGOs from 14 Arab States
The hereunder signatory institutions express their sorrow regarding the meager outcomes of the Arab summit regarding Arab issues, especially the issue of political reform. The institutions confirm that the results …
Would the Arab Order Respond to External Pressure After Failing to Present an Arab Vision for Reform?!
Jamal Abdul Gawad: Introduced reform cases at the Summit that constituted a radical change, even if presented for the sake of manipulation. Osama Saraya: The Egyptian intellectuals stood against change …
CIHRS Calls for Downfalling Arab Immunity for American war criminals instead of oral maneuvering denunciation.
Bahey El Din Hassan, director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), sent a letter yesterday to Mr. Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the Arab League, asking for …
It is not a matter of Where or When …The Arab Summit should Take a Serious Stance towards Political Reform
A press conference held today in Cairo called upon the new Arab Summit to tackle the issue of political reform in the Arab world seriously. The speakers emphasized that the …
CIHRS Calls the League of Arab States to Adopt the UN Draft Arab Chapter for Human Rights without any Amendments The Draft is Considered a Victory to Civil Society and to Reform trends within the League
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) expresses, on behalf of 36 human rights organizations in the Arab World, fervent welcome to the draft Arab Charter of Human Rights, …