The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) harshly criticized the double standards that Characterized the ways in which the US and other countries treat Palestine in the international …
Oral Intervention to the 18th Session of the Human Rights Council on Sudan’s Universal Periodic Review delivered by Dr. El Baqir Al Afif, director of Al-Khatim Adlan Centre for Enlightenment & Human Development in cooperation with CIHRS
Thank you Madame President The humanitarian crisis in Sudan continues & escalates. Barely a week after its UPR, on May 21st, the GoS led an all out …
Text of the Oral Intervention delivered by the Cairo Institute in cooperate with FIDH and SAF to the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Yemen and Sudan
Delivered by: Ms. Amal Basha Thank you Madam President, CIHRS, FIDH and Sisters Arab Forum for Human Rights (SAF) urgently calls on the Human Rights Council to convene a Special …
CIHRS Side Event at the HRC: Human Rights in Sudan and South Sudan after the Partition
On the 22 September, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a Side Event in Geneva during the proceeding of the 18th session of the UN Human …
The case of crimes against humanity and the need for justice Syria, Libya, and Yemen discussed at a side event to HRC 18
Yesterday, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in cooperation with Haitham Maleh Foundation for the Defense of Syrian Human Rights Defenders, Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL), …
“Day of Rage” UN Rights Council takes up situations in Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen
(Geneva- 19 September, 2011) Today, human rights defenders from throughout the Arab region converged on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (the Council), during its 18th Session, to respond …
Oral Intervention presented by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies in cooperation with the Haytham Maleh Foundation at the 18th Human Rights Council session in Geneva.
. Thank you Madame President, My name is Haithem Maleh. I am a Syrian lawyer who has worked for the realization of human rights in …
Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark – CIHRS Side Event at the HRC
Yesterday, 14 September 2011, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in cooperation with the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and Human Rights Watch (HRW), held a side …
United Nations addresses the repression of peaceful protests in Arab world, and beyond
On the 14th of September, the United Nations Human Rights Council held a high level panel to discuss how to provide protection and promote the rights of peaceful protestors. The …
Silence Is Not an Option! Syrians cannot afford to wait!
Civil society organizations from across the Arab region call on the Arab League to suspend Syria’s membership rights as human rights violations continue A coalition of more than 170 local …