The 23rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council), which concluded on 14 June 2013, began with a special focus on Syria and the deteriorating situation in the town of  Al Qusayr in particular.  On 29 May, ...

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Al-Haq presented an oral intervention to the UN Human Rights Council (the Council),on Monday, june 10, in which they condemned the way in which the international community, and particularly the member ...

On March 18th 2013, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral intervention on human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories, before the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), whose 22nd session is currently convened in ...

In 1977, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) designated 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.  Thirty-five years later, the human rights and humanitarian situation of Palestinians has only deteriorated.  The Palestinian people continue ...

Yesterday, Monday, 24 September 2012, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral intervention during a discussion of the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories at the UN Human Rights Council. The intervention condemned Israel’s systematic ...

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemns Israel’s decision to cut relations with the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to avoid compliance with its human rights obligations. ...

  On the 64th anniversary of Al Nakba, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hails the courage and resilience of thousands of Palestinian prisoners as they continue to peacefully struggle for their basic rights and freedoms. We positively note that ...

  The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) addressed the ongoing violations and the deteriorating human rights conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) in an intervention before the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council. CIHRS criticized the UN’s inability ...

On Monday, February 27, 2012, the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) was inaugurated at the council’s headquarters in Geneva; the session is slated to close on March 23, 2012. This session comes as some nations, such as ...

United Nations Human Rights Council: 15th Session Item 7: General Debate Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 27 September 2010 Delivered by: Ms. Laila Matar n a joint letter being circulated today, which has been signed by NGOs from every region, including from both ...