EMHRN Statement on the situation in Egypt
The events currently unfolding in Egypt are raising grave concerns. They are first and foremost the consequence of a decades-long absence of democracy.
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Women’s rights and gender justice
Need for the immediate investigation of homophobic, sexist and racist motives behind two attacks and abuses
KISA notes with concern the need for the immediate investigation of homophobic and racist motives behind two recent attacks, which led to abuses in villages in Cyprus.
Tunisia-EU: Ashton and Barroso must make human rights the focus of their meeting with Laarayedh!
On the eve of the meeting between Catherine Ashton and Jose Manuel Barroso with Ali Laarayedh, the FIDH and the EMHRN are voicing their concerns about the persistence and even increases in violations of human rights.
EMHRN, CIHRS: Joint Statement on Syria
Deeply concerned about the situation in Syria, EMHRN and CIHRS with support of Syrian Human Rights and Democracy, made an oral intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on the occasion of the release of the latest report on Syria.
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Memorandum in view of the Third ministerial meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean
The EMHRN and the ENGP welcome all initiatives aimed at strengthening the role of women in society, protecting and promoting women’s rights and women’s equal participation with men in political, economic and cultural life.
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13 NGOs at UN Human Rights Council: ‘Impunity Fuels Conflict in Syria’
In view of 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, a group of Human Rights organisations submitted two statements in which they gave a worrying account on the escalating human rights violations in Syria.
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Urgent action for Syrian women
The EMHRN is watching with mounting concern and dismays the serious violations of women’s and girls’ rights in Syria, especially those who have been displaced inside the country and sought refuge in neighbouring countries.
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The Tunisia – EU Privileged Partnership
The EMHRN and its members and partner organisations in Tunisia, strongly urge the Tunisian Government and the EU to involve civil society actors in the implementation and follow-up of the objectives of the Tunisia-EU Action Plan adopted.
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Following Ashton-Morsi meeting: EMHRN urgent appeal to withdraw the Egyptian draft NGO law
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) calls on the Egyptian authorities to urgently repeal the draft NGO law and adopt a law which is compliance with international human rights standards.
Conclusions of CSW 57th Session
The fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013.
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