20 Egyptian organizations in solidarity with the NGO workers sentenced to prison:
Politically motivated case a fatal blow to freedom of expression and association

June 6, 2013 - Statements and Position Papers
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The undersigned Egyptian rights organizations condemn in the strongest terms the verdict issued on June 4 by the Cairo Criminal Court which convicted 43 staff members of international NGOs in the so-called “foreign funding case.” The defendants, who include nationals ...

In a side event at the United Nations:
President’s draft law violates Egyptian Constitution and international standards

June 3, 2013 - United Nations Human Rights Council
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a side event on freedom of association in Egypt this afternoon, 3 June 2013, as part of its activities at the 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, which is ...

The Cairo Institute in an oral intervention to the Human Rights Council:
The president’s proposed associations law newest episode of aggression against Egyptian civil society

May 31, 2013 - United Nations Human Rights Council
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Today, 31 May 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention about the freedom of association in Egypt to the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council), whose 23rd session is currently convened in Geneva ...

Ministry of Justice’s NGO draft law:
Putting an end to the work of civil society

April 24, 2013 - Statements and Position Papers
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies rejects in full the draft NGO law prepared by the Ministry of Justice. This draft law was the subject of a discussion in which the CIHRS participated yesterday at the ministry and which ...

Egypt: The Freedom and Justice Party Endorses Repressive NGO Law

February 14, 2013 - Statements and Position Papers
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On February 13, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in a second meeting at the Ministry of Justice to discuss the new NGO law. During the meeting, CIHRS representatives received a copy of the draft law submitted ...

CIHRS addresses the crackdown on NGOs at the UN Rights Council

March 6, 2012 - United Nations Human Rights Council
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Yesterday, on March 5, 2012, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral intervention addressing the ongoing attack on civil society in Egypt before the 19th session of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council. The intervention came ...

Urgent Appeal: Egypt: National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack

December 29, 2011 - Arab Countries, Statements and Position Papers, United Nations Human Rights Council
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Urgent Appeal: Egypt: National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack Egyptian security forces, in uniform and in civilian clothes, and public prosecutors have stormed the offices of: Arab Center for Independence of Justice and Legal Professions (ACIJP) (Egyptian NGO), ...

39 Human Rights and Development Organizations Propose Alternative NGO Law

November 16, 2011 - Statements and Position Papers
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Thirty-nine human rights and development organizations have drafted a new law to regulate NGOs and sent a copy to Prime Minister Essam Sharaf. The proposed law provides for the autonomy of Egyptian civil society organizations from the state and its ...

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