UN Human Rights Council must take urgent action to address impunity for grave human rights violations in Libya

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,…

Despite their role in the Arab Uprisings, women face marginalization from political sphere

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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…

The case of crimes against humanity and the need for justice Syria, Libya, and Yemen discussed at a side event to HRC 18

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),…

Oral Intervention at the United Nations Human Rights Council- 15th Special Session- on Libya

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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:…

Defenders and CIHRS Network discuss prospects of Libya’s political dialogue with local civil society and the UN

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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…

Initiative : Defender Center for Human Rights (DCHR):

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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…