Tomorrow a Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Last week, the Human Rights Council concluded its 30th session,
To: Member States of the General Assembly As yet another
In a joint letter, EHAHRDP, FIDH, CIVICUS and HRW urge
A joint letter to permanent representatives of members and observer
By Hassan Shire Earlier this month, the United Nations Human
Joint submission by East and Horn of Africa Human Rights
In a statement delivered during the adoption of Egypt’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva yesterday, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, in partnership with the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRDN) made an oral intervention, highlighting the dramatically deteriorating operating space for human rights defenders and civil society organisations in Egypt. Other human rights organisations, including the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Article 19, Human Rights Watch, and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies made similar calls for the Egyptian government to change course.
Human Rights Council: 28th Session Item 3: Clustered Interactive Dialogue
Hassan Shire Civil Society Speaker East and Horn of Africa
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