Proposals to improve the UPR process CIHRS Oral intervention to UN HRC Statement Item 6 General Debate Friday 18 March 2011 Mr. President, On February 24th, the Human Rights …
Consideration of the Universal Periodic Review Outcome of Lebanon
UN Human Rights Council’s 16th SessionThursday, 17 March 2011 The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) concerning Lebanon was held on 10 November 2010, and the consideration of the outcome …
Cross-Regional Groups Call on Muslim Countries to Support a UN Human Rights Monitor on Iran
Organization of the Islamic Conference should Defend UN Action on Iran as in Libya (18 March 2011) Human rights organizations working across the Muslim world have urged …
Brutal repression against demonstrators in the Arab region
CIHRS Oral intervention to UN HRC United Nations Human Rights Council: 16th Session Item 4: General Debate- Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 14 March, 2011 Delivered …
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 …
CIHRS Calls on the Security Council to Impose a No-Fly Zone on Libya
United Nations Human Rights Council: 16th Session Item 4: General Debate- Follow up on Special Session of Libya Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 14 March, 2011 …
Side Event / Reprisals against Persons Cooperating with the UN: Towards a Strengthened Institutional Response
Reprisals against Persons Cooperating with the UN: Towards a Strengthened Institutional Response Side Event during the UN Human Rights Council’s 16th Session Wednesday, 16 March 2011 Organised by …
UN HRC: Over 100 Organisations Urge Council to Reject “Defamation of Religions” and Protect Freedom of Expression
Geneva 10.03.11: More than one hundred civil society organisations from around the world have signed a letter urging Member States at the sixteenth session of the Human Rights Council …
Incitement to Discrimination, Hostility or Violence Evolution of the Recent Debate on “Defamation of Religions”
Side Event during the UN Human Rights Council’s 16 th SessionFriday, 11 March 2011 Organised by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS), Forum Asia, Article 19, …
Side event/ Incitement to Discrimination, Hostility or Violence Evolution of the Recent Debate on “Defamation of Religions”
16th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (28 February – 25 March 2011) Incitement to Discrimination, Hostility or Violence Evolution of the Recent Debate on “Defamation …