Today, Cairo witnesses launching of the Euro-Egyptian Negotiations about the action plan on Egypt within the context of European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), which European Union (EU) issued in May 2004, …
In a Training Workshop organized by CIHRS: Priority of establishing a National Alliance for the International Criminal court
Press ReleaseOn 14-15 September, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized a training workshop on the “International Criminal Court”. 25 human rights institutions participated in the workshop. Moreover, a …
Second Report by the CIHRS Media Monitoring Team at the Conclusion of Electoral Campaigns of Presidential Elections
The CIHRS media monitoring team issued today the second report evaluating and analyzing the performance of audio and visual mass media (6 state-owned TV channels and 17 state-owned and independent …
CIHRS Criticizes National Human Rights Council’s Bias to the Ruling Party and Kefayah’s Labelling of Political Opponents as Traitors
The CIHRS expresses its concern about the statements made by the president and vice-president of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) in Al-Ahram daily on the 19th, 22nd & …
First Progress Report on monitoring media coverage of Egypt’s Presidential Elections
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a press conference yesterday to present the first progress report evaluating the performance of independent and state-owned mass media during the …
Civil Society Organizations File a Case Against the Chairman of PEC
Three civil society organizations that are already involved in monitoring the upcoming presidential elections have recently decided to bring an immediate suit before the Administrative court against the Chairman of …
Fairness of Mass Media in Egypt’s Presidential Elections
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hereby announces undertaking an initiative to monitor media coverage of electoral campaigns for the presidential elections to be held on the 7th …
The Twelfth Annual Training Course for Universities’ and High Institutes’ Students
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies held, over the period from the 1st through the 7th of August 2005, the twelfth annual training course on human rights for the students …
After Assassinating the Egyptian ambassador In Iraq and Sharm-el-Sheikh bombings,Will the overlap between resistance and terrorism stop?
A symposium was held by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) under the title: “The Murder of the Egyptian Ambassador in Iraq between the Right to Resistance and …
Message from Egyptian Magistrates to Public Opinion
In solidarity with the struggle of Egyptian magistrates and their relentless efforts to ensure independence and immunity of the judiciary against interventions of the executive power, CIHRS organized a symposium …
Towards a Democratic law to put an end to the Single Party System
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized a symposium on the attitude toward suggestions of the government and the NDP to amend the Political Party Law No 40 …
Day of National Mourning…when will justice be realized? Use of sexual assault to repress internal reform campaigners
The signatory human rights organizations express their solidarity with the Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate in its declaration of the 1st June as a day of national mourning. They add their voices …
Toward a New Egyptian Constitution In Celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the 1954 Draft Constitution May 23-25, 2005, Cairo
Final Communiqué May 26, 2005– Egypt is in need of a comprehensive societal dialogue to arrive at a new social contract;– The current Constitution is neither presidential nor parliamentary. It …
Future of Egypt 2008, Between the Promised Paradise of “Reform.. the Hellfire of Daily Oppression.. and the Silent Conflict of the Centers of Power
Parallel with the boisterous governmental discourse about political reform ever since article 76 of the constitution was amended, the daily realities have been moving in a reverse direction, especially following …
Will the Arab World Escape the “Black Hole” and the Dangers of Devastation?
The Arab nation represents to a great extent the political manifestation of the astronomical “black hole” phenomenon, where the executive authority forms a black hole that turns the surrounding social …