On International Justice Day, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and 47 member NGOs from around the world including CIHRS addressed an open letter to the President of the …
Yemen: 2020 Annual Report on Arms Exports of France
While the hearing of the Minister of the Armed Forces is held behind closed doors, Parliament must finally be able to exercise genuine control over the sale of French weapons.Paris, …
Human Rights Council: CIHRS welcomes FFM on Libya and calls for the HRC to put an end to Israeli apartheid
The 43rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council resumed on 15 June; it had been suspended on 13 March 2020 due to restrictions on meetings and assemblies in …
Palestine: France and the European Union must act to prevent a new Israeli annexation burying the two-state solution once and for all
From 1 July, the Israeli government plans to annex a new part of the West Bank. This unilateral decision is illegal under international law, and France and the European Union …
European Union: CSOs Open Letter to European and national leaders
Fundamental Rights in the EU: Put our money where our mouth is Dozens of civil society organizations (CSOs) have signed a joint open letter to EU leaders, calling on the …
Bahrain: FIDH Deputy Secretary General is Finally Free!
FIDH and 45 of its member organisations around the world celebrate the release of their Deputy Secretary General Nabeel Rajab, who was finally released from Jaw prison on a non-custodial …
Syria: Forcible return to Turkey of Syrian refugees in Cyprus must end
On 15 May 2020, the administration of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) forcibly sent 100 Syrian refugees, including unaccompanied children, to Mersin, Turkey. They have been transferred …
Eritrea: To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Extend the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea Excellencies, At the 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council (24 June-12 July 2019), the Council extended a hand …
Iraq: Dangerous Trend of Unlawful Military Interventions in Arab States Must End
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns the assassinations of Iranian commander, General Qassem Soleimani, and the Iraqi Deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Committee (Al-Hashd Al-Sha’abi), Abu …
CIHRS Ninth Annual Report: Evocations of the Arab Spring Amid Newly Drawn Armed Conflicts
With the uprisings and forces of democratization and political reform either smothered or preemptively stricken over the last several years, the Arab region is now experiencing renewed hope. The values …