To our African Leaders On the eve of the next African Union (AU) meeting on the Sudans, we appeal to you to do all you can to end the violence and restore peace to the people of Southern Kordofan and Blue ...

To Permanent Representatives of all member states of the UN Human Rights Council RE: Addressing the situation of human rights in Sudan at the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council Excellency, The undersigned organizations are writing to urge your delegation to ...

Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir is expected to arrive in Cairo today, 16 September 2012, in his first visit to Egypt since the election of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies denounces the decision by the ...

To: Foreign Ministers of Members of the African Union Your Excellency, As nongovernmental organizations working to promote human rights at the United Nations Human Rights Council, we are deeply concerned by the recent decision of the African Group in New York to endorse ...

Citizens from South Sudan and Sudan have today been joined by human rights activists, civil society organisations and faith leaders from around the world in a united call for peace within and between the two countries. The global campaign – We ...

Sudanese officials should fully respect the right of citizens to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, said the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies on Wednesday, June 27. Since June 16, 2012, and continuing throughout the past week, student demonstrations have ...

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hails the courageous work of the many human rights defenders in the Arab region who were - and still are - one of the locomotives for change. 2011 has been marked as ...

December 2 2011. To: Commissioner Kayitesi Zainabo Sylvie, Chairperson, WGC; Commissioner Reine Alapini-Gansou, Member, WGC; Commissioner Pacifique Manirakiza, Member, WGC; Dr Mary Maboreke, Secretary to the African Commission, Member, WGC;   Re: Welcoming Creating of WGC, Reiterating Litigants Concerns on the Protective Mandate, Request for a Meeting ...

(Geneva- 19 September, 2011) Today, human rights defenders from throughout the Arab region converged on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (the Council), during its 18th Session, to respond to an unprecedented number of UN reports addressing grave rights ...

United Nations Human Rights Council:  Session 15 Item 4:  Interactive Dialogue- IE on Sudan- Oral Intervention Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 17 September 2010 Delivered by:  Ziad Abdel Tawab Thank you Mr. President, CIHRS, in partnership with the Darfur Bar Association, commend the Independent ...