Jurists and politicians unanimously agreed that Egyptian reactions concerning the recently released European Parliament report were emotive, stressful, and lacked rationality and objectivity. The report included downright condemnation of the human rights situation in the country. Furthermore, Egypt did not ...

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, CIHRS, organized a symposium on "The Tragedy of Trading with Humans" on Wednesday, 23rd of May 2007, in cooperation with the Arab Foundation for Migration Studies. The symposium addressed the perimeters of the ...

This was the title of a symposium organized by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) within the framework of the Ibn Rushd Salon on March 12th 2007. Participants were Mr. Khalil al-’Anani, writer and political analysts for the ...

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized a roundtable discussion on "The position of the Wafd and the Tagamu’ parties vis-à-vis the Constitutional Amendments". Several academics, writers, jurists and leaders of Egyptian political parties participated in the meeting, ...

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a panel discussion, on 8/2/2007, as part of its Ibn Rushd Salon series entitled “Is it possible to reinforce citizenship in the presence of Article Two of the Constitution which states ...

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a seminar within the series of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) Salon on Wednesday January 24th 2007 entitled "Do the Constitutional Amendments to Combat Terrorism Promote Citizenship or Breach Human Rights?". Mr. Sobhi ...

The ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court issued in December 2006 canceling the ruling of the Administrative Judicial Court in April 2006 granting the Bahaais the right to have their religion established in their official papers and IDs raised many ...

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hosted a panel discussion as part of its Ibn Rushd Salon entitled : “ Militias…The State, The Rule of Law, and Double Standards between Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq,” on Wednesday the 20th ...

On the International Day for Human Rights, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organised a seminar titled “When Raping Women is a Weapon in Darfur” which shed light on the status of women and the violations which committed ...

Despite the curtain having been drawn by parliament on the crisis triggered by Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture’s, statement against the veil, the repercussions of the crisis are still casting a shadow on the Egyptian cultural and political scene. Intellectuals ...