The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention to the UN Human Rights Council (the Council) today, 7 June 2013, in which it discussed the state of human rights in Egypt under President Morsi. This intervention ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The undersigned associations and organizations are deeply concerned by attempts to suppress civil society institutions, especially human rights organizations. The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), are currently seeking to curb the right ...

 Today, Monday, 27 May 2013, marks the beginning of the twenty-third session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) in Geneva. The session is scheduled to continue until 14 June 2013. As part of the activities of this session, ...

Joint Appeal by 22 Organizations Ms. Navanethem Pillay >United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais Wilson 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland Madam High Commissioner, The opening of a regional OHCHR bureau in Cairo has been ...

In an Oral Intervention to the United Nations: Photo by: Kirolos Nathan, CIHRS In an oral intervention to the United Nations Human Rights Council presented yesterday, 5 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, on behalf of the Egyptian ...

Yesterday, January 25, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies hosted a meeting at which several Egyptian human rights groups met with 25 representatives of diplomatic missions and international organizations working in Egypt to discuss the latest developments on the ...

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 ...