Eighteen civil society organisations, including the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, have shared recommendations to improve CSO engagement in an open letter to the European Investment Bank (EIB) Board, …
Russian Federation: UN General Assembly should suspend Russia’s rights of membership of the UN Human Rights Council
To Permanent Representatives of Member States of the United Nations in Geneva and New York Excellencies, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, call on Member States of the United Nations …
Open letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: OHCHR report on grave human rights violations in Xinjiang can wait no longer
Madam High Commissioner, We, the undersigned human rights organisations, write to follow up on your commitment last year to release a report on grave ongoing human rights violations by Chinese …
HRC49: Open Letter to States on the Draft Resolution on Human Rights Defenders
To: Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council At its current session, the UN Human Rights Council will be discussing a draft resolution on human rights …
49th UN Human Rights Council: CIHRS and partners prepare advocacy on MENA region
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View PostCorporate accountability: EU must not squander historic opportunity to tackle environmental crisis, human rights abuses
Paris, Brussels, 23 February 2022 – The European Commission adopted its long-awaited proposal for a directive on Sustainable Corporate Due Diligence (SCDD), which aims to prevent and remedy human rights …
Algeria: The Escalating repression threatens the survival of independent civil society
View PostYemen: Immediately release journalist Hala Badawi
The undersigned Yemeni, international and regional human rights organizations condemn the arbitrary arrest of journalist Hala Fouad Badawi by the security authorities of Hadhramaut Governate in Yemen. The governorate is …
NGOs call to support the extension of the full mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council 10 February 2022 Re: Extend the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights …