Articles by Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)
States attack human rights experts at UN rights body; thirty-five organisations, including six IFEX members, express concern
Human rights organisations from every region of the world warn that recent “extraordinary attacks” by states on United Nations human rights experts at the Human Rights Council was “severely eroding the Council’s legitimacy and credibility.”
ARTICLE 19 and CIHRS call on Human Rights Council states to protect mandate of Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, has come under extraordinary attack while presenting his first annual report to the eleventh session of the Human Rights Committee in Geneva on 2 June 2009.
JOINT ACTION: ARTICLE 19 and CIHRS welcome agreement on final Outcome Document of Durban Review Conference
(ARTICLE 19/CIHRS/IFEX) – Geneva, 23 April 2009 – ARTICLE 19 and CIHRS Welcome Agreement on the Final Outcome Document of the Durban Review Conference Delegates to the Durban Review Conference in Geneva adopted a final Outcome Document on 21 April in a move welcomed by ARTICLE 19 and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies […]
ARTICLE 19, CIHRS concerned about member states’ withdrawal from Durban Review
ARTICLE 19 and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) are extremely concerned by the recent decision of the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands to withdraw from the UN anti-racism conference
Three IFEX members and 14 other organisations urge UN member states to participate constructively in Durban Review Conference
Three IFEX members and 14 other organisations strongly reaffirm the obligation of the State members of the United Nations to implement their international commitments at the Durban Review Conference
ARTICLE 19 and CIHRS condemn UN Human Rights Council adoption of resolution on “Defamation of Religions”
(ARTICLE 19/CIHRS/IFEX) – The following is a 27 March 2009 ARTICLE 19 and CIHRS joint statement: Human Rights Council: ARTICLE 19 and CIHRS Condemn Adoption of Resolution on Combating Defamation of Religions ARTICLE 19 and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) condemn the adoption of a resolution on “combating defamation of religions” by […]
Sudanese government launches media campaign against CIHRS over controversial documentary on Darfur
(CIHRS/IFEX) – The following is an abridged 25 February 2009 CIHRS press release: The Sudanese Embassy in Cairo is currently in the course of launching an extensive media campaign in Egyptian and Arab mass media in the wake of the release and distribution of the documentary “Darfur Destroyed” that was released on February 10, 2009. […]
Five IFEX members and other organisations condemn prison sentences for 38 demonstrators; call for an end to attacks on Kalima radio station
(CIHRS//IFEX) – The following is an 8 February 2009 joint action by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Arab Archives Institute (AAI), Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Maharat Foundation and 17 other organizations: Without Accountability . . . The Tunisian Government Continues to Suppress Human […]