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 …
CIHRS warns of “cosmetic” reform in Yemen
Yesterday, Wednesday 26 September 2012, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) welcomed the steps taken by the government of Yemen to address rights violations within the country, including …
CIHRS slams UN Rights Council for its silence on continued violations across the Arab world
UN Human Rights Council: 19th Session Oral Intervention: Item 4-General Debate Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 14 March, 2012 Delivered by: Ms. Laila Matar Thank you Mr. Vice …
UN Human Rights Council Concludes its 18th Session: Arab Spring turns into “winter of discontent” at the United Nations . UN Rights Council shines spot-light on Middle East, but does not provide protection for democracy activists
In the shadow of brutal crackdowns and severe repressive attacks launched by entrenched autocrats against pro-democracy movements throughout the Arab world, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council began its …
To Permanent Representatives of Members of the UN Human Rights Council , The Yemen People Deserve Better
Your Excellency, The exceedingly weak response to the rapidly deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Yemen by the United Nations Human Rights Council is a clear failure by the …
Text of the Oral Intervention delivered by the Cairo Institute in cooperate with FIDH and SAF to the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Yemen and Sudan
Delivered by: Ms. Amal Basha Thank you Madam President, CIHRS, FIDH and Sisters Arab Forum for Human Rights (SAF) urgently calls on the Human Rights Council to convene a Special …
The case of crimes against humanity and the need for justice Syria, Libya, and Yemen discussed at a side event to HRC 18
Yesterday, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in cooperation with Haitham Maleh Foundation for the Defense of Syrian Human Rights Defenders, Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL), …
“Day of Rage” UN Rights Council takes up situations in Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen
(Geneva- 19 September, 2011) Today, human rights defenders from throughout the Arab region converged on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (the Council), during its 18th Session, to respond …
United Nations addresses the repression of peaceful protests in Arab world, and beyond
On the 14th of September, the United Nations Human Rights Council held a high level panel to discuss how to provide protection and promote the rights of peaceful protestors. The …
18th session of the UN Human Rights Council opens in Geneva. CIHRS presents human right situation in the region through a series of written and oral interventions and side events
Today, 12 September, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) inaugurates its 18th session in its Geneva headquarters, which is scheduled to continue until 30 September. This session is of particular …