Today the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) sent recommendations to the Biden-Harris administration in the United States on promoting and protecting human rights in the Middle East and …
Yemen: Joint Letter Calling on Congress to Help End the Conflict
On 03 December 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) along with 29 international human rights and humanitarian organizations, submitted a joint letter calling on Congress to help …
France: A unique opportunity to put an end to the “French exception” by establishing parliamentary control over France’s arms sales
With the imminent publication of recommendations from the parliamentary fact-finding mission on arms export control, the wake-up call raised by many French, international and Yemeni NGOs must finally be heeded. …
CIHRS at the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
يتخذ مجلس حقوق الإنسان للأمم المتحدة خطوات مهمة لضمان المساءلة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقياعلى مدى ثلاثة أسابيع، باشر مجلس حقوق الإنسان بالأمم المتحدة أعمال جلسته الـ 45 في …
Conclusions of CIHRS 23rd Regional Forum: Prospects of Reform in the Arab Region in Post COVID-19 Realities
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies convened the 23rd Forum of the Human Rights Movement in the Arab region between August 31- September 7, bringing together over 50 human …
Saudia Arabia: At the upcoming 45th Human Rights Council, the Kingdom must be pressured to comply with its international human rights obligations
In a September 1st public letter to the foreign ministers of member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a number of human rights organizations – among them the …
Yemen: Open letter to the United Nations Secretary-General on the annual report on children and armed conflict
On June 22, 2020, in an open letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, twenty-five non-governmental organizations expressed their reservations about the latest annual report in 2019 …
American consulting firm must withdraw support from human rights-violating megaproject in Saudi Arabia
The Boston Consulting Group’s unlawful involvement in Saudi Arabia’s NEOM megaproject was the subject of an open letter endorsed by twelve human rights organizations, including the Cairo Institute for Human …
Civil Society Organizations Raise COVID-19 Human Rights Priorities with OHCHR
On 9 April 2020, the Human Rights Council held its first online informal briefing to address the challenges to human rights resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. During the meeting, the …
G20: Hundreds of civil society organisations pledge to avoid Saudi Arabia-led process
More than 220 civil society organizations from around the world have voiced their concerns over the G20 civil society engagement process hosted by and in Saudi Arabia in 2020. The …