Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, President of the United Nations Human Rights Council Madam President, The undersigned human rights organizations would like to thank you and your office for the measures …
Human Rights Organizations: Urgent Intervention Needed to Protect Four Journalists Sentenced to Death by Ansar Allah (Houthi) Armed Group in Yemen
Urgent Appeal to the UN Special Procedures On 25 May 2020, The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and six Yemeni organizations submitted a joint urgent appeal addressed to …
Open Letter to the Egyptian Ministry of Justice
To His Excellency Omar Marwan, Egyptian Minister of Justice: We, the undersigned, call for an open and transparent investigation into the jailing and death of Shady Habash, a 24-year-old filmmaker …
Palestine: Israel’s Illegal Annexation of Occupied Palestinian Territory Must Be Countered by International Community
On Monday, 11 May 2020, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and Al-Haq held a joint webinar entitled Countering Israel’s Impending Illegal Annexation of Occupied Palestinian Territory. The …
Syria: Forcible return to Turkey of Syrian refugees in Cyprus must end
On 15 May 2020, the administration of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) forcibly sent 100 Syrian refugees, including unaccompanied children, to Mersin, Turkey. They have been transferred …
Mainstreaming civic space in State interventions at the UN Human Rights Council Paper presented ahead of the Council’s 44th session
Around the time of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s tenth anniversary, in 2016, a range of stakeholders, including NGOs engaging in advocacy at the Council, led reflections on issues …
The Nakba at 72: A Legacy of Settler-Colonialism & Apartheid over the Palestinian People
Seventy-two years have passed since the Palestinian people were forcibly expelled from their homes, lands, and property in Palestine during the Nakba or ‘catastrophe’ which started in 1948. Palestinian society …
Yemen: Over 150 NGOs appeal for death sentences of four journalists to be overturned
Organisations supporting human rights, press freedom and journalists are calling on United Nations mechanisms and member states to help save the lives of four Yemeni journalists who were sentenced to death …
Over 400 editions of CIHRS Library on Human Rights now available online
For over a quarter of a century, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has contributed to the Arab Rights Library with more than 400 specialized publications on human …
Egypt: Amendments to Emergency Law exploit Covid-19 to undermine judicial independence
The Egyptian government’s exploitation of the coronavirus pandemic to amend the Emergency Law (Law 162 of 1958) is condemned by the undersigned independent rights organizations. The amendments, ratified on Thursday …
Eritrea: To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Extend the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea Excellencies, At the 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council (24 June-12 July 2019), the Council extended a hand …
HRDN statement on the proposed EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for 2020-2024
On 25 March 2020, the European Commission and the High Representative published the new EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for 2020-2024, which has been submitted to the …
CIHRS Highlights State Reprisals Against Human Rights Defenders for Cooperating with the Human Rights Mechanisms of the United Nations
On 1 May 2020 CIHRS made a submission on reprisals against individuals cooperating with the human rights mechanisms of United Nations to the office of the Secretary-General. This submission focuses …
Egypt: At the risk of public health, prisoners of conscience continue to be added to Egypt’s overcrowded prisons
Amid widespread calls to reduce the country’s prison population in order to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the Egyptian government has instead embarked on countrywide state security raids throughout the last …
IMF: Empower Civic Groups Against Covid-19 Corruption Public Oversight Key to Monitoring Emergency Funding
The International Monetary Fund should include anti-corruption measures in all its Covid-19 related emergency funding, 99 human rights and good governance groups said today in a letter to IMF Managing …