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Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Citizenship and Governance Criminal Justice Culture Decolonization Development Education Governance Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs International Law International Security Justice Least Developed Countries Media Minority Rights New Global Institutions Peace and Security Refugees Religion Social Development Statistics Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation Torture Trade and Development United Nations Reform Values Violence Volunteerism Women Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Research Service provision The girl child Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and armed conflict Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Social Development: Conflict Sustainable Development: Capacity-building
Geographic scope:	Regional Africa
Country of activity:	Lebanon Saudi Arabia Algeria Egypt Tunisia Bahrain Oman United Arab Emirates Qatar Morocco Iraq Jordan State of Palestine Syrian Arab Republic Israel Sudan Kuwait Yemen
Millennium Development Goals:	Promote gender equality and empower women
Mission statement:	The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is an independent regional non-governmental organization founded in 1993. It aims at promoting respect for the principles of human rights and democracy, analyzing the difficulties facing the application of International Human Rights Law and disseminating Human Rights Culture in the Arab Region as well as engaging in dialogue between cultures in respect to the various International Human Rights treaties and Declarations. CIHRS seeks to attain this objective through the developing, proposing and promoting policies, legislations and Constitutional amendments. CIHRS works on human rights advocacy in national, regional and international human rights mechanisms, research and human rights education -both for youth and ongoing professional development for Human Rights Defenders. CIHRS is a major publisher of information, a magazine, an academic quarterly, and scores of books concerning human rights. A key part of CIHRS' mandate is to help shape the understanding of the most pressing human rights issues within the region and then to coordinate and mobilize the key players and NGOs from across the Arab world to work together to raise the public awareness about these issues and to reach solutions in line with the international human rights law. CIHRS enjoys consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC, and observer status in the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. CIHRS is also a member of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX). CIHRS is registered in Egypt, France and Geneva, has its main offices in Cairo, an office in Geneva for its work at UN human rights mechanisms and an institutional presence in Paris. CIHRS was awarded the French Republic Award for Human Rights in December 2007.
Year established:	1993
Year of registration:	1993
Number and type of members:	Men/Women/Youth/Elderly
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, International Freedom of Expression Exchange
Funding structure:	Foreign and international grants

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