Coinciding with International Human Rights Day, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) concluded its two-year training program Tamkeen, “Empowering a New Generation of Human Rights Defenders,” on 10 …
15 NGOs sound the alarm: Crises and threats are pushing refugees onto deadly Eastern Mediterranean route
15 rights groups are calling on the European Union, and Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon and Turkey, to ensure legal and safe pathways for asylum and to comply with their legal …
CIHRS 26th Regional Forum: The Responsibility of the Human Rights Movement in the Arab Region Amid a Shifting International Context
On 2-3 September 2022, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) convened its 26th Regional Forum for the Human Rights Movement in Brussels, Belgium. Fifty human rights defenders and …
A Message from Civil Society in the Arab Region to the Summit for Democracy
View PostUrgent appeal: rights organizations call on Lebanese authorities to cease the intimidation of human rights lawyer Mohammed Sablouh
Human rights organizations are gravely concerned by the Lebanese authorities’ recent attempts to silence and discredit Mohammed Sablouh, a human rights lawyer defending victims of torture and Syrian refugees facing …
Joint Letter to the Human Rights Council calling for an International Investigative Mission into the Beirut Blast
To the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Excellencies, We, the undersigned Lebanese and international organizations, individuals, survivors, and families of the …
Joint Letter to the Human Rights Council calling for an International Investigative Mission into the Beirut Blast
To the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Excellencies, We, the undersigned Lebanese and international organizations, individuals, survivors, and families of the …
HRC47 : CIHRS and partners advocate for victims’ rights in the Middle East and North Africa
View PostLebanon: Independent investigation of Beirut port explosion by Human Rights Council is vital to ensuring redress and accountability
In a joint letter this morning 15 June 2021, member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council were called on to establish a yearlong independent and impartial …
CIHRS Tenth Annual Report: New aspects of human rights crises during the Covid-19 pandemic
“The human rights situation in the Arab region, which has already been deteriorating for years, is deteriorating even more rapidly with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially afflicting economic …
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