During the first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of its rights record before the UN in 2010, the Egyptian government accepted several recommendations related to freedom of association. Overall, these recommendations …
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Hosts a Meeting between the EU Special Representative for Human Rights and Alaa’ Abd El-Fattah
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hosted a meeting today, Wednesday October 22, between the EU Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis and the human rights defender Alaa’ …
Egyptian Rights Organizations Discuss the Situation of Human Rights Defenders with EU Special Representative
A group of human rights organizations met yesterday, Tuesday, October 21, with the EU Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis at the office of the Cairo Institute for Human …
CIHRS Alumni Tell Stories of Hunger Strikers Behind Bars
In the evening of October 19, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies’ Alumni Club staged a performance at AUC’s Greek Campus, Downtown Cairo, in which they presented stories of …
Violations Against Lawyers: Another Obstacle In The Path Or Criminal Justice
The undersigned organizations express grave concern regarding the hostile climate within which lawyers, particularly those representing political prisoners, are forced to operate. Through our investigation, we have been able to …
“Stories of Empty Stomachs”: A Theatre Production about Detainees on Hunger Strike
On Sunday, October 19, members of CIHRS’s Alumni Club will present a stage production titled: “Cannula: Stories of Empty Stomachs.” The production will tell the true stories of detainees who …
Urgent request for a United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) Special Session on accountability for grave and widespread human rights violations in Libya
To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observers of the United Nations Human Rights Council: Excellency, We, the undersigned organisations, would like to bring to your attention the ongoing grave and …
Rights Groups: Competing Factions in Yemen Must Disarm and the Government Must Ratify the ICC Protocol
On the sidelines of the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council, on 25 September, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in conjunction with the Danish Institute …
CIHRS launches a New Research Project on Political Islam and Human Rights
On September 25, in an event held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies launched a …
The Israeli Army’s Excessive and Indiscriminate Use of Force Against Gaza Creates an Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis
Yesterday, 23 September, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention before the United Nations Human Rights Council on the necessity of ensuring respect for international …
Protection of Syrian civilians must be world’s priority, humanitarian and human rights groups demand
Any further intervention in the Middle East must include plans to address the suffering of Syrian civilians, a global coalition of 39 leading human rights and humanitarian organizations said today. …
Qatar Fails to Address Human Rights Violations, And Rejects Most of the Recommendations Relating To Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Assembly and Association
Yesterday, 18th September, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in cooperation with the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) presented an oral intervention before the UN Human Rights Council …
UN Commission on Syria Responds to CIHRS and EMHRN and their Partners: Rights Advocates are Paying the Price for their Commitment to Human Rights
The head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Paulo Pinheiro, said yesterday that the commission’s forthcoming report will focus particularly on the dangers facing human rights defenders and …
Ongoing Discriminatory Policies Against Women in Saudi Arabia, and Revocation of Citizenship as a Punitive Measure Against Activists in Kuwait
On 9 September, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in cooperation with the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), the National Committee to Monitor Violations–Kuwait (NCV), the World …