Ahead of the November 2020 “Finance in Common” meeting in Paris, where the French Development Agency will convene a global summit for Public Developments Banks, CIHRS and over 200 CSOs …
Civil society calls on HRC to strengthen GEE mandate and focus on accountability for human rights violations in Yemen
On 20 August 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Mwatana for Human Rights submitted a joint written statement to the 45th Regular Session of the UN …
Yemen: Release of arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared civilians must be prioritized by all parties to the conflict
As the war in Yemen approaches its seventh year, many families continue to suffer as the fate of their loved ones remains unknown in both official and unofficial detention centers …
Saudia Arabia: At the upcoming 45th Human Rights Council, the Kingdom must be pressured to comply with its international human rights obligations
In a September 1st public letter to the foreign ministers of member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a number of human rights organizations – among them the …
Libya: National authorities and international community must urgently protect demonstrators and freedom of expression in Libya
CIHRS and the Libya Platform[1] Repressing fundamental freedoms will only serve to reinforce crisis of legitimacy on both sides The population in Libya has suffered greatly from the armed conflict …
To member and observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council should urgently launch an independent international investigative mechanism on the human rights situation in the Philippines
The ongoing extrajudicial executions and other egregious human rights violations in the context of the “war on drugs” in the Philippines was the subject of a letter sent by the …
Egypt: State security threats and security-dominated judiciary will not discourage human rights defenders from protecting the rights of Egyptians
The sentence of 15 years in prison for human rights defender Bahey eldin Hassan, issued in absentia today by Cairo’s Fifth Circuit Terrorism Court, is condemned by the Cairo Institute …
Lebanon: Joint Urgent Letter by Civil Society to UN Special Procedures following Beirut Explosion
In response to the devastating Beirut explosion on 4 August 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) joined the Arab Network for Development (ANND) and other Lebanese, regional, …
Sudan: CIHRS meets with Sudanese prime minister to discuss obstacles to democratic transition in Sudan
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok invited the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and a number of international human rights organizations to participate in a consultative meeting – held on …
Libya: Photojournalist Ismail Al-Zoui sentenced to 15 years of prison after unfair Trial
Counterterrorism legislation must not be used to silence dissenting voices The sentencing of photojournalist and activist Ismail Bouzriba Al-Zoui to 15 years in prison by a military court in Benghazi …