The Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and 15 associations of the Libya Platform[1] demand that the International Criminal Court (ICC) immediately investigate the latest massacre in Libya, discovered …
Libya | ‘The Platform’ in meetings with UN Libya Envoy and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Disregard for international mechanisms of accountability is the primary obstacle to the Libyan peace process
In two separate meetings with the UN yesterday October 9th, Libyan civil society representatives emphasized that the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe and the stalled peace and reconciliation process cannot be addressed …
Bahey eldin Hassan meets with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Arab Governments Must Support the UN in Regions Most Afflicted by Repression, Terrorism, and Warfare
On Wednesday September 13th, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Bahey eldin Hassan met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad …
Libya | The Libyan Civil Society Associations (The Platform) Condemns the Enforced Disappearance of Ali Zeidan.Enforced Disappearances are Widespread and Systematic in Libya
The Platform [i] strongly condemns the disappearance of the former Prime Minister of Libya, Mr. Ali Zeidan, for the seventh consecutive day amidst the shameful silence of the authorities in …
Libya | A Constitution That Doesn’t Protect Rights and Freedoms: Libya Writes Its Constitution
A Constitution That Doesn’t Protect Rights and Freedoms: Libya Writes Its Constitution By: Ragab Saad On July 29, forty-three members among a sixty-member Constituent Assembly in Libya, voted in …
Tunisia | 13 young advocates from the Middle East and North Africa complete CIHRS civil society youth leadership program
Tunisia: 13 young advocates from the Middle East and North Africa complete CIHRS civil society youth leadership program Press Statement On May 23, 2017, the Human Rights Education Program at …
Libya | Federica Mogherini discusses deteriorating situation in Libya with CIHRS & Libyan civil society
Federica Mogherini, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, met with a delegation from the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) at the EU headquarters …
Libya | Joint NGO letter to the UN Human Rights Council on the need for investigation
The Human Rights Council should establish the mandate of an Independent Expert on Libya Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights …
Human Rights Under Siege.The Seventh Annual Report of CIHRS:MENA Region at the Mercy of Autocratic Regimes, Militias, and Religious Extremists Enabled by the International Community’s Complicity
Human Rights Under Siege. The Seventh Annual Report of CIHRS:MENA Region at the Mercy of Autocratic Regimes, Militias, and Religious Extremists Enabled by the International Community’s Complicity “Violent, extremist groups …
Efforts to Ensure Accountability for Crimes in Yemen and Syria Take Center Stage at the United Nations Human Rights Council
The 33rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council which ended on September 30th, saw the passage of a resolution to establish a group of UN experts to monitor …