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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in cooperation with the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and Heinrich Boll Stiftung – North America, held a joint seminar titled "The American Foreign Policy and Human Rights and Democracy Issues", held on Wednesday, May 19th 2010, at the Cairo Institute.
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Jurists and politicians unanimously agreed that Egyptian reactions concerning the recently released European Parliament report were emotive, stressful, and lacked rationality and objectivity. The report included downright condemnation of the human rights situation in the country. Furthermore, Egypt did not go through the trouble of challenging the facts included in the reports regarding the human rights situation in Egypt.
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies CIHRS organized a symposium on "The Significance of Shura Council Elections" on June 26th 2007, with the participation of Counselor Ahmed Mekky, Vice President of the Court of Cassation, Mr. Hussein Abdel Razek, Secretary General of the Tagamu' Party, Mr. Essam Shihah, member of the Supreme Board of the Wafd Party, Dr. Magdi Abdel Hamid, Chairman of the Egyptian Association for the Promotion of Societal Participation, and Dr. Mohammed al-Beltagui, Secretary General of the Muslim Brothers (MB) Parliamentary Bloc. Mr. Moataz al-Foujiri, CIHRS Program Officer, steered the symposium.
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a symposium on June 12th 2007 entitled "In commemoration of the Assassination of Farag Fouda, The Remainders of Civil State in Egypt". Participants included Mr. Sameh Fawzy, writer and researcher, Mr. Sobhi Saleh, Member of Parliament for the Muslim Brothers, and Mr. Helmy Salem, poet and editor-in-chief of Literature and Critique Magazine. Mr. Bahey El Din Hassan, CIHRS Director steered the symposium.
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, CIHRS, organized a symposium on "The Tragedy of Trading with Humans" on Wednesday, 23rd of May 2007, in cooperation with the Arab Foundation for Migration Studies. The symposium addressed the perimeters of the tragedy, the abuse and manipulation of minor girls, the calamity of street children, crimes related to selling organs for transplant operations… Participants in the symposium included Mr. Oussama al-Ghazouli, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Foundation for Migration Studies, Mr. Ragab al-Touhamy, Attorney at the Supreme Court of Appeal and State Council, Mr. Samy Abdel-Radi, Journalist in al-Masry al-Youm (The Egyptian Today) independent newspaper, Lamia Moustafa, researcher in the New Woman Foundation, Dr. Hassan Issa, full-time Professor of Psychology, Cairo University, and Dr. Mohammed Mattar, Professor of International Law, Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Moataz elfegeiry, CIHRS Programs director directed the symposium.
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This was the title of a symposium organized by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) within the framework of the Ibn Rushd Salon on March 12th 2007. Participants were Mr. Khalil al-'Anani, writer and political analysts for the International Politics Quarterly, Mr. Sameh Fawzi, writer and researcher, Dr. Amr al-Shobaki, researcher in al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, and Mr. Sobhi Saleh, Member of Parliament for the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Mr. Moataz al-Foujiri, CIHRS Program Officer, directed the symposium
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) organized a roundtable discussion on "The position of the Wafd and the Tagamu' parties vis-à-vis the Constitutional Amendments". Several academics, writers, jurists and leaders of Egyptian political parties participated in the meeting, which took place at CIHRS on Monday March 5th, 2007. Mr. Hussein Abdel Razeq, Secretary General of the Tagamu' Party and Mr. Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, Secretary General of the Wafd Party, both presented their respective parties perspective and vision. The debate was moderated by CIHRS Director, Mr. Bahey El Din Hassan.
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held, as part of its Ibn Rushd Salon series on the 5th of Feb. 2007, a panel entitled "Is it possible to guarantee the fairness of elections by cancelling judicial supervision?" Participants in the discussion were Dr. Mohammed El Beltagy, the general secretary of the Muslim Brotherhood's parliamentary bloc, Chancellor Adel Koura, former president of the Court of Appeals and former president of the Supreme Judicial Council. The discussion was moderated by Bahey El Din Hassan, director of CIHRS.
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a panel discussion, on 8/2/2007, as part of its Ibn Rushd Salon series entitled “Is it possible to reinforce citizenship in the presence of Article Two of the Constitution which states the Islam of the State and the Authority of Islamic Sharia?” Participating in the proceedings of the panel which was moderated by Bahey El Din Hasan, director of CIHRS, were all of Dr. Ahmed Abu Baraka, professor of political economy and parliament member representing the Muslim Brotherhood, Dr. Tharwat Badawy, professor of constitutional law at Cairo University, Priest Refaat Fikry of the Evangelical Church, Dr. Mustafa El Fiqy, head of the foreign relations committee in parliament, and Mamdouh El Sheikh, Islamic researcher and writer.
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) held a seminar within the series of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) Salon on Wednesday January 24th 2007 entitled "Do the Constitutional Amendments to Combat Terrorism Promote Citizenship or Breach Human Rights?". Mr. Sobhi Saleh, People's Assembly member for the Muslim Brothers, Mr. Diaa Rashwan, Expert at Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, and Mr. Ihab Sallam, Attorney at Law and Human Rights Activists took part in this seminar, and Mr. Bahey El Din Hassan, CIHRS Director was the moderator.
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