On 5 April, the longest session in the history of the United Nations Human Rights Council came to an end. Over a six-week period, UN member states debated and voted …
CIHRS 27th Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement
‘Human Rights at a Crossroads’
On 13 and 14 April, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) convened the 27th Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement, titled ‘Human Rights at a Crossroads’. The …
Algeria: New amendments to Penal Code will further entrench repression
New amendments to the Penal Code, adopted on 2 April 2024, add a litany of harsh and overbroad articles to the repressive legal arsenal in Algeria that could further criminalize …
Algeria: Detainees must be released and civic space opened
We, the signing associations and organizations, call on the Algerian authorities to release unjustly imprisoned detainees for expressing their opinions or peacefully exercising their freedoms, and to open up civic …
Algeria: Appeal hearing an opportunity to reinstate leading independent rights organization dissolved amid intensifying crackdown
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) calls on the authorities to overturn the decision to dissolve the oldest and most prominent human rights organization in Algeria, the Algerian League …
The human rights setback on the Universal Declaration’s diamond jubilee
Message of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United …
Algeria: Human Rights Organizations join the United Nations Special rapporteur call to release human rights defenders and activists
From November 26 to December 5, 2023, Ms. Mary Lawlor, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, was able to make an official visit to Algeria. …
UN Special Rapporteur’s visit to Algeria: a renewed opportunity for reform and release of imprisoned activists
The Algerian authorities should end their crackdown on fundamental rights and freedoms and release all human rights defenders and activists who unjustly languish in jail, said 12 NGOs today, ahead …
LAUNCH OF THE TAE’THIR PROJECT
Tae’thir – a new project that tackles issues of human rights and freedoms from an innovative cultural and creative perspective The Tae’thir project, which means “influence” in Arabic, aims to …
Algeria: Reveal the fate of the disappeared and put an end to systematic impunity
“Neither among the living, nor among the dead: where are they?” 29 September 2023 marks the eighteenth year since the adoption by referendum of the Charter for Peace and …