Ms. Michelle Bachelet High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais Wilson – United Nations Geneva, Switzerland 27 November 2018 Joint Open Letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights Re: UN …
Free Amal Fathy! End the crackdown of human rights organisations and defenders in Egypt
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, KISA and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies welcome and support the Women’s Film Days, …
Egypt: 43 days after former MP’s disappearance, state denies knowledge of his fate while emphasizing his fugitive status
Find Mustafa Al Naggar The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to disclose the location and fate of Dr. Mustafa Al Naggar, a former member of Parliament …
Egypt: Redraft civil society law to protect, not punish, independent organizations
With President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently calling for a review of Law 70 of 2017 regulating civic organizations, the undersigned rights organizations emphasize the futility of any attempt to revise …
Joint NGO Letter in support of UNGA Resolution on HR in Iran
TO: All Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York Your Excellencies, The undersigned national, regional and international civil society organizations urge your government to support resolution A/C.3/73/L.42 on …
NGO statement in support of the International Parliamentary Conference for Peace in Yemen
As humanitarian, human rights and peacebuilding organizations working on Yemen, we welcome tomorrow’s unprecedented coming together of legislators from across nations and parties for the first International Parliamentary Conference for …
Egypt: President grants immunity for military commanders in exchange for lifelong hold on power
An Authoritarian Pact: Law on the Treatment of Senior Military CommandersOn November 1st, marking 100 days since the Egyptian Parliament’s adoption of Law 161 of 2018 on the treatment of …
JOINT LETTER: Don’t provide political cover for brutal repression of Egyptian government
65 local and international civil society organizations sent a letter to Ms. Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, to protest the Commission holding its …
Egypt: Wide-scale arrests of rights defenders target Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms
The undersigned independent rights organizations are gravely concerned by wide -scale arrests targeting human rights defenders with the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), an organization supporting victims of …
CIHRS 21st Regional Forum of the Human Rights Movement in the Arab World
Issues for the human rights movement in volatile political and social contexts In armed conflict, should human rights groups prioritize accountability or peace? How should the rights movement address critical …