The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention on the situation of human rights in Sudan to the UN Human Rights Council Yesterday, 25 September 2013. …
Cairo Institute issues no. 64 of Rowaq Arabi:
Human Rights and Islamic Law… Compatible or Contradictory?
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) recently published issue no. 64 of Rowaq Arabi, which presents a number of the human rights-related problems seen the Arab and Muslim …
In Two Oral Interventions to the United Nations:
The Cairo Institute and Al-Haq Denounce Ongoing Violations by Israeli Settlements in Palestine
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Al-Haq presented two oral interventions on the situation of human rights in Palestine to the UN Human Rights Council (the Council) …
Leading NGOs urge States to reject proposals from Russia, Cuba and Pakistan to weaken civil society protections
To: Permanent Representatives at the UN Human Rights Council RE: Amendments proposed by Cuba, Pakistan and the Russian Federation to: Draft resolution A/HRC/24/L.24 on “Civil society space – Creating and …
In a statement before the Human Rights Council:
CIHRS and AFTE Condemns Rights Violations in Egypt
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) presented a statement on the situation of human rights in Egypt to the …
In an Oral Intervention to the Human Rights Council:
Human Rights Organizations Call for Justice in Syria
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Euro-Mediterranean Network for Human Rights (EMHRN) and number of Syrian Human Rights Organizations presented an oral intervention on the ongoing atrocities …
In an intervention before the Human Rights Council:
Human rights in Bahrain continue to deteriorate
24th session of the Human Rights Council Item 4 – Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention: Bahrain 17 September 2013 Delivered by Mariam Al-Khawaja Thank you, Mr. …
In an Oral Intervention to the Human Rights Council:
The Cairo Institute Deplores Absence of Transitional Justice in Arab Countries
Yesterday, 13 September 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies presented an oral intervention about the state of transitional justice in the countries of the “Arab Spring” to the …
Statement to the Human Rights Council in support of the initiative of a group of States for a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations
The operations of many Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises cause the devastation of livelihoods, territories and the environment of the communities where they operate; they pursue the commodification …
In a Side Event at the United Nations Human Rights Council:
Repression and Impunity in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
Yesterday, 12 September 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) organized an event …