To: Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Cc: Chair of the Council Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) Member State representatives to COHOM All EU Member States’ Permanent …
Confirmation of the Verdict against Mahienour El-Massry: A New Episode in the Series of Incarcerating Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs)…The Verdict Must be Renunciated and the Law Needs to be Revised
The undersigned organizations and groups denounce the continuity of issuing judicial verdicts against Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) and Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) according to the violation of the Protest …
How Can Arabs Benefit from European Experiences with Democratic Transition?
International experiences of democratization can offer insights into the transition from authoritarianism to democracy. In light of this, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies presents issue No. 67 of …
Permanent Representative at the UN Human Rights Council Re: Situation of human rights in Bahrain
Your Excellency, The undersigned NGOs remain deeply concerned by ongoing serious human rights violations in Bahrain, including the politically motivated imprisonment of high-profile opposition activists and human rights defenders after …
Statement by Civil Society Organizations on Need for Justice
Over one hundred civil society groups from around the world issued the following statement today to urge the United Nations Security Council to approve a resolution to refer the situation …
Vacancy: Researcher
Organization: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Position: Researcher Starting Date: immediately Contract Duration: 6 months, with possibility of extension Salary: The remuneration will be commensurate with the experience …
Recent rulings from Urgent Matters Court usurp jurisdiction of higher courts and undermine trust in justice system
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is deeply concerned by the ruling of the Cairo Court of Urgent Matters, issued on Tuesday, 6 May 2014, which bars former members …
Re: Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in South Sudan
Excellency, The undersigned South Sudanese, African and international non-governmental organizations are writing to appeal to your Government to urgently support the convening of a Special Session of the Human Rights …
Call for the immediate release of disappeared human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq
Over one and a half years after the disappearance of renowned Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq, the undersigned organizations are reiterating their call on the Syrian authorities to release him …
Al-Minya Mass Death Penalty: Wasted Justice and Mockery of Defendants Rights
The undersigned civil society organizations are deeply concerned about the death sentences against 37 people and life imprisonment for 492 others by Al-Minya Criminal Court, on 28 April for their alleged involvement in Matay’s …