Your Excellencies, As the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) prepares to convene its 60th session, we, Yemeni and international civil society organizations, write to urge you and your government …
Yemen: Civilians Suffer Amid Houthi Raids on UN Agencies and Israeli Airstrikes
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns the raids conducted by Ansar Allah (Houthis) on the offices of United Nations agencies in Sana’a and Hudaydah on 31 August …
Yemen: Enforced Disappearance: A Crime Awaiting Justice
Justice for Victims Begins with Truth, Ends with Peace
Enforced disappearance in Yemen is a worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis. It has become a deliberate tool to intimidate opponents, silence critical voices, and spread fear within society, operating …
The 59th Session of the Human Rights Council:
The genocide economy, mass graves, and transnational repression lack an effective international response
On 9 July 2025, the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council concluded. Held in difficult circumstances, the session was marked by a worrying decline in interest in …
Yemen: One Year On, UN and NGO Staff Remain Detained by Houthis
It has been one year since Ansar Allah (known as the Houthis) arbitrarily detained 13 UN staff and 50 employees of international and Yemeni civil society organizations, including four women, …
Yemen: Aden’s Protest Ban Undermines Right to Peaceful Assembly Amid Widespread Public Discontent
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Yemen Coalition for Human Rights (YCHR) condemn the recent imposition of a sweeping ban on public protests, enacted 17 May …
58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council:
Move to weaken investigation on Syria halted, but complicity for other atrocities persists
On 4 April, the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ended with the unanimous adoption of a resolution to renew the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry …
Yemen: Peace talks, not military strikes, are the only solution to prolonged conflict
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is alarmed by reports of at least 53 civilians killed by the United States’ airstrikes on Yemen, which US President Donald Trump …
Yemen: End movement restrictions on villages in Al Bayda and investigate grave violations against civilians
The Houthi de facto authorities have bombed or set ablaze at least nine civilian homes since 9 January in the Hanket Al Massoud area in Al Bayda province, southeast of …
Yemen: Houthis should end their crackdown on civic space and immediately release arbitrarily detained UN and civil society staff
Houthi de facto authorities should immediately release at least eight UN staff who were arbitrarily detained between 23 and 25 January 2025, as well as dozens of staff from UN …
Yemen: Arbitrarily detained UN and civil society staff by the Houthis languishing over six months
The Houthis, the de facto governing authority in Yemen’s capital Sana’a and other northern cities, have arbitrarily arrested and forcibly disappeared dozens of staff members from international organizations, local civil …
TAE’THIR CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
T H E M E “Resisting Defeatism” Humanity has endured endless tests throughout the recent decades, with the past year proving particularly devastating. The ongoing genocidal wars in Gaza and …
57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council:
‘Leadership still matters’: Resolutions on Yemen and Sudan adopted; Saudi Arabia loses bid for membership to the Human Rights Council
Saudi Arabia, the government of Yemen and other governments from the Arab region, including Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), succeeded in censoring any and all discussion on atrocities …
Yemen: New Wave of Houthi Arbitrary Arrest
Hundreds Held for Marking National Holiday
Houthi authorities arrested dozens of people in the last week of September 2024 for peacefully celebrating or posting on social media about the anniversary of Yemen’s “September 26 Revolution,” Human …
Yemen: Urgent Action Needed to Protect Civil Society Organizations in Aden
The Southern Transitional Council (STC), the de facto authority in southern Yemen, must urgently lift oppressive restrictions on civil society organizations operating or seeking to establish themselves in Aden, the …