Illustration by Raed Charaf Marwan Tashani – Karima Amshere | 2017-07-24 Legal-agenda.com Any observer of the legislative affairs in the transitional phase in Libya can clearly notice a state of apparent confusion and randomness in the enactment of laws. Many laws are issued without careful study, significance, or knowing why they have been issued in […]
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is gravely concerned with the escalation of violence in Libya, and the continuation of systematic and gross human rights abuses. The violence has reached the level of war crimes and crimes against humanity. To date, the Libyan authorities and the international community have failed to protect civilians […]
We would like to begin by extending our deepest condolences to the families and friends of Ambassador Chris Stevens, otherU.S.embassy staff members, and the ten Libyan security personnel who passed away in the tragic events that occurred inBenghaziTuesday evening. This attack represents the dire state of the rule of law inLibyaand highlights the impunity with which perpetrators of gross violations of national and international law are currently operating during this transitional period.
The need to enable the OHCHR to monitor and report to the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Libya In United Nations Human Rights Council by CIHRS February 22, 2013 Joint NGO Letter to United Nations Member States: Excellency, The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s (the Council) Resolution for assistance […]
CIHRS calls upon the Libyan authorities to make the passage of legislation protecting human rights In United Nations Human Rights Council by CIHRSMarch 21, 2013Leave a Comment In an Oral Intervention to the UN Human Rights Council: Yesterday, March 20, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) presented an oral intervention on the […]
by CIHRSMarch 20, 2015 In light of ongoing discussions at the Human Rights Council on the situation in Libya, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on Member States of the Council to support the creation of an independent mechanism, with the mandate of establishing the facts and investigating serious violations of international human rights and […]
In an Oral Intervention to the UN Human Rights Council: Despite their role in the Arab Uprisings, women face marginalization from political sphere In United Nations Human Rights Council by CIHRSMarch 2013 Photo: Reuters Yesterday, March 4, 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies – in collaboration with Nazra for Feminist Studies, the New […]
In United Nations Human Rights Council by CIHRS Yesterday, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in cooperation with Haitham Maleh Foundation for the Defense of Syrian Human Rights Defenders, Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL), and Sisters Arab Forum for Human Rights in Yemen (SAF), held a side event during the proceedings of […]
Oral Intervention by CIHRS at the United Nations Human Rights Council- 15th Special Session- on Libya In United Nations Human Rights Council by CIHRSFebruary 27, 2011Leave a Comment Oral Intervention 25 February, 2011 Delivered by: Laila Matar (CIHRS, UN advocacy representative) The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is encouraged by the statement of the […]
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, in conjunction with the Defenders Network, organized a set of meetings and panel discussions on May 6 and 7 in Tunis, bringing together representatives of Libyan civil society, the head of the National Council for Civil Liberties and Human Rights, and participants in the UN- sponsored political dialogue […]
Defender Center for Human Rights (DCHR): The idea of Defender Center showed in 2014 as an initial gesture from some elite Libyan expatriates jurists; as an attempt to find a space for Jurists outside their country, especially with the outbreak of armed conflict in several cities in Libya, plus, a lot of defenders suffered and […]