An NGO high level strategic conference urges the Arab League to adopt an effective human rights protection system, as an urgent requirement to meet expectations of the peoples and address …
CIHRS 17th Regional Forum of the Arab Human Rights Movement: The Arab League, Human Rights, and Civil Society
In cooperation with the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized the 17th Regional …
Media independence must be fully guaranteed in new Tunisian Constitution
While welcoming moves to implement measures that guarantee media independence, the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 21 IFEX members, calls on the Tunisian government to fully respect …
‘Counter-Revolution’ at the United Nations Human Rights Council? Arab states respond to unprecedented scrutiny with attacks on rights defenders and standards
From 10-28 September, during the 21st Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council), an unprecedented number of governments from the Arab region came under international scrutiny and …
Tunisia should accept all UN recommendations on free expression, says IFEX-TMG
While welcoming Tunisia’s acceptance of 110 of its 125 recommendations during a United Nations review last week, the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) calls on the country’s leadership to adopt …
North African states under scrutiny at Human Rights Council: Even during Universal Periodic Review, rights violations continue
At the 21st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council currently underway in Geneva, several states from North Africa will accept the final recommendations of the Universal Periodic Reviews …
The Tunisian government must uphold its commitments to protect freedom of opinion and expression
UN Human Rights Council: 21st session Oral Intervention: Item 6-Tunisia UPR Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 19 September 2012 Delivered by: Kamal Labidi The Tunisian government must uphold …
Cairo Institute in the UN: Gulf rights defenders under siege while rights situation in Sudan, Morocco, and Bahrain deteriorates
Today, Monday, September 10, marked the beginning of the twenty-first session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), taking place at its headquarters in Geneva. The session’s events will continue …
Old-style repression threatens free expression in new Tunisia, says IFEX-TMG
In the wake of recent government appointments to heads of prominent media outlets, as well as attacks on journalists, writers and artists, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange Tunisia Monitoring …
Draft media regulation must be revised, says IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group
As Tunisia’s Constituent Assembly prepares to review a draft Constitution in the coming days, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 21 IFEX members, …