To: Member States of the UN Human Rights Council Excellencies, We call your attention to Sri Lanka as human rights groups based in the global South. In the past few …
CIHRS at the UN Human Rights Council:
Attempts to Eradicate Pro-Democracy Movements in Arab Region Require Urgent Response
(Geneva) As the 25th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) begins, many governments in the Arab region are increasingly criminalizing and violently repressing almost all forms of free expression …
To counter the misinformation of the public:
CIHRS reissues the book Humanism in Arab Thought
Contemporary consciousness is shaped by our intellectual history. That history is teeming with diverse trends and schools of thought, some positive and some negative, many of which have now been …
Post-2015: Access to information and independent media essential to development
Human development in the coming decades will depend on people’s access to information. Ground-breaking new media and technology are enabling major expansion of economic, social and political progress. We believe …
UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon meets with Bahey Eldin Hassan, CIHRS Director
Yesterday evening, Tuesday, January 7th, Mr. Ban Ki -moon, Secretary -General of the United Nations, met with Bahey Eldin Hassan, Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, at …
Escalating demands are overwhelming an inadequately funded and understaffed OHCHR
To: All Member States of the United Nations Re: Providing adequate funding for OHCHR to fulfill its vital mandate; Ensuring continued support for OHCHR’s crucial work on civil society cooperation. …
UN General Assembly: Protect Women Human Rights Defenders
To: Representatives of African States to the United Nations in New York Ministries of Foreign Affairs of African States Excellencies, RE: DRAFT RESOLUTION ON PROTECTING WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS …
25 NGOS URGE UN THIRD COMMITTEE TO PASS IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION
As the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee prepares to vote on the resolution on the promotion and protection of human rights in Iran on November 19, 25 human rights …
Human rights abusers must not be elected to United Nations Human Rights Council
The international community should ensure that States responsible for gross human rights violations and that fail to protect human rights defenders or cooperate with the UN are not elected to …
New CIHRS report: Opportunities remain for cooperation between civil society and the League of Arab States
On Monday, October 28, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) issued a new thematic report on the mechanisms of cooperation between Arab civil society and the League …