To Permanent Representatives of Member States of the United Nations in Geneva and New York Excellencies, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, call on Member States of the United Nations …
Open letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: OHCHR report on grave human rights violations in Xinjiang can wait no longer
Madam High Commissioner, We, the undersigned human rights organisations, write to follow up on your commitment last year to release a report on grave ongoing human rights violations by Chinese …
HRC49: Open Letter to States on the Draft Resolution on Human Rights Defenders
To: Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council At its current session, the UN Human Rights Council will be discussing a draft resolution on human rights …
49th UN Human Rights Council: CIHRS and partners prepare advocacy on MENA region
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View PostEgypt: Government must immediately close Case 173 and end assault on human rights organizations and defenders
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s failure to close Case no. 173 of 2011, commonly known as the “NGO Foreign Funding Case”, which has now been ongoing …
Corporate accountability: EU must not squander historic opportunity to tackle environmental crisis, human rights abuses
Paris, Brussels, 23 February 2022 – The European Commission adopted its long-awaited proposal for a directive on Sustainable Corporate Due Diligence (SCDD), which aims to prevent and remedy human rights …
Algeria: The Escalating repression threatens the survival of independent civil society
View PostEgypt: Rights Defender’s Imprisoned Father At Risk
(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should urgently provide health care to Salah Soltan, the detained father of a prominent Egyptian rights defender living in the US, or immediately release him to receive medical attention …