Dear Chancellor Merkel, Your upcoming meeting with President Al-Sisi of Egypt provides a crucial opportunity to raise concerns regarding the crackdown on the independent human rights movement in the country, …
Egypt: 12-year old child forcibly disappeared and held in solitary confinement in state’s “fight against terrorism”
Save Abdullah Boumedine The undersigned organizations condemn the unlawful measures taken by the Egyptian authorities against Abdullah Boumedine Nasr al-Din, age 12, of the town of Arish in the Sinai …
UPR Report: UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF YEMEN 2019
This report will inform the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Third Periodic Review of Yemen’s human rights record. In its last review in 2014, the Government of Yemen accepted recommendations …
Saudi Arabia: Kingdom must be held to account for suppression of dissent, following murder of journalist and widespread arrest of women’s rights defenders
Recognising the fundamental right to express our views, free from repression, we the undersigned civil society organisations call on the international community, including the United Nations, multilateral and regional institutions …
Civil Society Statement: 10 Priorities for Peace and Justice in Yemen
The undersigned local, regional, and international organizations follow with great concern the military operations across Yemen and the collapsed September 2018 Geneva peace talks. The Yemen war has led to …
Report: Civilians hastily executed without due process protections by Egyptian military courts
Today October 15, six independent rights organizations released a new report as part of the campaign to end capital punishment in Egypt. The report, “Military Execution,” examines the state-sponsored killing …
Egypt | Banning rights lawyer Khaled Ali from traveling is a punishment for his role in the field of human rights and for obtaining the ruling declaring Egyptian sovereignty over Tiran and Sanafir
The undersigned human rights organizations said they believe that the travel ban issued against human rights lawyer, founder of the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) and former …
Palestine | Three reasons why the European Union should support the United Nations Database on businesses activities related to Israeli settlements
The undersigned human rights organisations stress the utmost importance of European Union (EU) and Member States supporting the United Nations (UN) Database on businesses operating in Israeli settlements (the Database), …
Stand against impunity in Yemen prevails as UN renews war crimes investigations
In a significant stand against impunity for war crimes in Yemen, the 39th UN Human Rights Council voted on Friday September 28th to renew the mandate of the Group of …
CIHRS at the United Nations Human Rights Council – 39th Session: UN renews historic investigations into Yemen war crimes despite Saudi threats
CIHRS at the United Nations Human Rights Council – 39th Session:UN renews historic investigations into Yemen war crimes despite Saudi threatsThe 39th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council …